Semiconductor laser amplifiers as all-optical frequency converters

Nikolaus Schunk; Gerd Grosskopf; Reinhold Ludwig; Ronald Schnabel; Hans-Georg Weber

doi:10.1117/12.24556

1 February 1991 Semiconductor laser amplifiers as all-optical frequency converters

Nikolaus Schunk, Gerd Grosskopf, Reinhold Ludwig, Ronald Schnabel, Hans-Georg Weber

Proceedings Volume 1362, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II: Device Physics and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24556
Event: Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications, 1990, Aachen, Germany

Abstract

All-optical frequency conversion of an optical data signal can be achieved by a traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier over a spectral range given by its entire gain spectrum (1O THz). Experimental and theoretical results for the frequency conversion efficiency are presented. The effect of gain saturation and the wavelength dependence are discussed in order to find the optimum conditions for the conversion efficiency. Simultaneous conversion of an optical data signal to several wavelengths is also considered. Finally the requirements are specified for an optical filter which selects the converted data signal out of the total optical spectrum.

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Nikolaus Schunk, Gerd Grosskopf, Reinhold Ludwig, Ronald Schnabel, and Hans-Georg Weber "Semiconductor laser amplifiers as all-optical frequency converters", Proc. SPIE 1362, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II: Device Physics and Applications, (1 February 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24556

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