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

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 20; no. 25; pp. 27902 - 27907
• Main Authors: Contestabile, G, Yoshida, Y, Maruta, A, Kitayama, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...