Ultra-broad band, low power, highly efficient coherent wavelength conversion in quantum dot SOA

We report broadband, all-optical wavelength conversion over 100 nm span, in full S- and C-band, with positive conversion efficiency with low optical input power exploiting dual pump Four-Wave-Mixing in a Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (QD-SOA). We also demonstrate by Error Vector Magnit...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 20; no. 25; pp. 27902 - 27907
Main Authors Contestabile, G, Yoshida, Y, Maruta, A, Kitayama, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 03.12.2012
Subjects
Amplifiers, Electronic
Electronics - instrumentation
Electronics - methods
Equipment Design
Optical Devices
Optics and Photonics - instrumentation
Optics and Photonics - methods
Quantum Dots
Semiconductors
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Telecommunications - instrumentation
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Summary:We report broadband, all-optical wavelength conversion over 100 nm span, in full S- and C-band, with positive conversion efficiency with low optical input power exploiting dual pump Four-Wave-Mixing in a Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (QD-SOA). We also demonstrate by Error Vector Magnitude analysis the full transparency of the conversion scheme for coherent modulation formats (QPSK, 8-PSK, 16-QAM, OFDM-16QAM) in the whole C-band.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.20.027902