Wavelength conversions in quasi-phase matched LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguide based on double-pass cascaded /spl chi//sup (2)/ SFG+DFG interactions

Based on the cascaded nonlinear interactions (/spl chi//sup (2)/:/spl chi//sup (2)/) of sum- and difference-frequency generation (SFG+DFG), a novel all-optical wavelength conversion scheme is proposed for the first time in periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ (PPLN) waveguide, in which a double-pass configuration is introduced. The performance of this scheme is thus different from the previous single-pass SFG+DFG scheme. The concept of the "balance condition" is presented to optimize the power and frequencies of the two pump sources. Under this condition, the energy is transferred irreversibly from the pump waves to the SF wave during the forward propagation. The equations describing the SFG can be solved analytically under this condition. Subsequently, the DFG equations are solved under the assumption that the SF wave would be constant during the backward propagation. Theoretical expressions are derived and are found to be consistent with numerical calculations. Compared with the conventional converter based on the cascaded /spl chi//sup (2)/:/spl chi//sup (2)/ interactions of second-harmonic generation and difference frequency generation SHG+DFG, the same conversion efficiency can be achieved in our scheme by employing two pump sources with lower power, or conversely higher conversion efficiency can be reached using two pump sources similar to that used in SFG+DFG scheme. The profile of the conversion efficiency can be further improved by adjusting the wavelengths of the two pump sources. In addition, compared with the single-pass SFG+DFG scheme, the main advantage of this new scheme rests on the fact that the conversion efficiency can be enhanced significantly. The advantages of the double-pass SHG+DFG scheme and the single-pass SFG+DFG scheme are combined in this new design to a great extent.     

Analysis of novel cascaded /spl chi//sup (2)/ (SFG+DFG) wavelength conversions in quasi-phase-matched waveguides

A novel cascaded second-order nonlinear interaction (/spl chi//sup (2)/), which is simultaneously based on sum frequency generation (SFG) and difference frequency generation (DFG) processes, is proposed and analyzed in quasi-phase-matched wavelength converters. Analytical expressions with clear physical insights are derived for the converted light. It is shown that the same conversion efficiency can be achieved by employing two pump sources with lower output power (P/sub p1/,P/sub p2/) in this novel scheme as compared with the conventional cascaded wavelength conversion technique based on second-harmonic generation and difference frequency generation (SHG+DFG) with a single higher power pump beam (P/sub p/=P/sub p1/+P/sub p2/). The theoretical results are consistent with the experimental ones. It is found that the pump wavelength difference can be separated by a span as large as 75 nm, while large 3-dB signal conversion bandwidth is retained. The results show that the novel cascaded /spl chi//sup (2)/ wavelength conversion scheme is very attractive for practical applications.     

基于铌酸锂光波导的全光波长转换

研究了双脉冲泵浦情况下,在准相位匹配(QPM)的周期性极化反转的铌酸锂光波导(PPLN)中,基于级联二阶非线性效应--和频与差频效应(SFG DFG)的全光波长转换.推导了描述SFG DFG波长转换的理论模型.通过数值模拟,研究了波长转换过程,观察到脉冲传播过程中出现了走离效应与脉冲展宽.研究了器件长度、信号波长、脉宽等参数对波长转换效率的影响.     

Reduction of Light Signal Pulse Distortion in Cascaded SFG–DFG Wavelength Conversion: Segmented QPM Interleaved by Short Wavelength Cut Filters

Cascaded sum-frequency-generation (SFG) and difference-frequency-generation (DFG) can implement a wavelength conversion between arbitrary combinations of input and output signal wavelengths. By using a tunable wavelength pump light, the output wavelength can be tuned to a desired wavelength. As in many wavelength conversion devices using the nonlinear optical effect, the group velocity difference between light pulses with different wavelength causes a walk-off effect deforming the output pulse shape. Thus, the device length should be kept short to avoid the walk-off effect resulting in limited conversion efficiency. In this report, we propose a method, for quasi-phase matched device, to maintain the pulse shape of the SFG light pulse along the propagation distance. The output DFG light pulse deformation is suppressed and the conversion efficiency can be increased by extending the device length.      

Tunable wavelength converters of picosecond pulses based on periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides

A tunable wavelength conversion between picosecond pulses is experimentally demonstrated by using cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation (cSFG/DFG) in a periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN)waveguide. The pulsed signal with 40 GHz repetition rate and 1.57 ps pulse width is adopted. When the input signal and the first control wavelengths are kept at 1554.2 and 1532.5 nm, respectively, the output signal wavelength can be tuned from 1536.0 to 1545.2 nm as the second control wavelength varies from 1550.5 to 1541.0 nm. By varying the first control wavelength to satisfy the quasi-phase matching (QPM) condition for sum-frequency generation (SFG) and simultaneously adjusting the second control wavelength, the tunable output signal wavelength can also be obtained when the input signal wavelength is changed. In the experiment,the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise from the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is effectively suppressed by employing two narrow band tunable filters. Therefore, the wavelength down- and up-conversions are simultaneously observed.     

Experimental realization of 40 Gbit/s single-to-single and single-to-dual channel wavelength conversions in LiNbO3 waveguides with two-pump configuration

An all-optical 40 Gbit/s tunable single-tosingle channel wavelength conversion is experimentally realized based on cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation (cSFG/DFG) in periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) waveguides. By employing two tunable filters to effectively suppress the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, both wavelength down- and upconversions are simultaneously observed. We also propose and verify a novel cSFG/DFG-based single-todual channel wavelength conversion by setting two pumps (pumpl, pump2) close to each other or pump2 and the signal close to each other. For the latter, two kinds of cSFG/DFG schemes are both demonstrated The dependence of the conversion efficiencies of two channel idler waves on pumpl wavelength is discussed.The wavelength relationships between two channel idler waves and the three incident waves are investigated in detail theoretically as well as experimentally.     

OTDM add-drop multiplexer based on XPM-induced wavelength shifting in highly nonlinear fiber

In this paper, we study experimentally and numerically simultaneous time-domain add-drop multiplexing for high-speed optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) networks based on cross-phase-modulation (XPM)-induced wavelength shifting in a 50-m highly nonlinear fiber. This scheme needs only a single-channel clock rate and does not alter the input signal wavelength. Simultaneous add and drop operations at 80 Gb/s have been demonstrated experimentally with less than 1-dB power penalty for the dropped channel and no distinct bit-error-rate (BER) degradation for the added channel. Numerical simulations show that the experimental results are only limited by the available signal pulsewidth, and simultaneous add-drop multiplexing at 160-Gb/s or higher bit rates is possible with this scheme by employing control and signal pulses with proper pulsewidths.     

Eight-channel bidirectional WDM add/drop multiplexer

The authors propose and demonstrate an eight-channel reconfigurable bidirectional wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) add-drop multiplexer in which all channels can be added/dropped independently in either direction. The performance of the bidirectional WDM add/drop multiplexer is experimentally studied for a data rate of 10 Gbit/s per channel, providing an overall capacity of 80 Gbit/s. It is found that the performance of the add/drop multiplexer is not degraded by a backward propagating signal     

Performance Evaluation of Tunable Channel-Selective Wavelength Shift by Cascaded Sum- and Difference-Frequency Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides

We theoretically evaluate the performance of tunable channel-selective wavelength shift based on cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation by the use of two pump lights in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides. In double-pass configurations, the functions of wavelength add/drop and wavelength shift are easy to integrate in the same waveguide. Analysis shows that a longer waveguide more competently adapts narrower channel spacing in wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) systems. This wavelength shifter is flexible due to the almost separable operations of the two pumps: The channel is selected by setting the first pump, and the wavelength-shifting value is tuned by adjusting the second pump. This wavelength shifter has a very large dynamic region. For a 2.56-cm-long waveguide, the maximum dynamic region is as broad as 67 nm in a 0.4-nm channel-spacing WDM system. The dynamic region is mainly dominated by the limitation of multiple-channel crosstalk in a dense WDM system. However, it is dominated by the limitation of single-channel efficiency fluctuation in a coarse one.     

Tunable and selective wavelength conversion using fiber four-wavemixing with two pump lights

Tunable wavelength conversion is described using fiber four-wave mixing. Utilizing two pump lights, a signal light is converted from an arbitrary frequency to another one regardless of the zero-dispersion wavelength of the fiber. Selective conversion is also possible by adjusting one of the pump light frequencies, where one of the multiplexed signals is selectively converted     

Eight-channel simultaneous wavelength conversion from equal tounequal channel spacing

Eight-channel simultaneous wavelength conversion from equal to unequal wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) channel spacing is successfully demonstrated using two arrayed-waveguide-gratings (AWGs) and cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a spot-size converter-integrated semiconductor optical amplifier array on a planar-lightwave-circuit platform. The input AWG concurrently demultiplexed both the equal-spaced WDM signal and unequal-spaced pump lights to couple a pair comprising a signal and a pump for the XGM. Only a small power penalty of less than 0.5 dB was observed for all eight channels. The receiver sensitivity at 2.5 Gb/s was -33 dBm for all eight channels     

New pump wavelength of 1540-nm band for long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA)

A long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) using a pump wavelength source of 1540-nm band has been extensively investigated from a small single channel input signal to high-power wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals. The small-signal gain coefficient of 1545-nm pumping among the 1540-nm band is 2.25 times higher compared to the conventional 1480-nm pumping. This improvement in gain coefficient is not limited by the pumping direction. The cause for this high coefficient is explained by analyzing forward- and backward-amplified spontaneous emission spectra. The gain spectra as a function of a pump wavelength suggest that a broadband pump source as well as a single wavelength pump can be used as a 1540-nm-band pump. In the experiment for high-power WDM signals, the power conversion efficiency for 256 WDM channel input is 48.5% with 1545-nm pumping. This result shows more than 20% improvement compared with the previous highest value for the L-band EDFA. Finally, the 1545-nm bidirectionally pumped EDFA is applied as a second stage amplifier in an in-line amplifier of an optical communication link with a 1480-nm pumped first stage EDFA, in which the input power of the second-stage EDFA is +2.2 dBm. The power conversion efficiency yields a 38% improvement without noise figure degradation compared with the case of 1480-nm pumping.     

High-power mid-infrared wavelength generation using difference frequency generation in damage-resistant Zn:LiNb03 waveguide

High-power 3.4 mum difference frequency generation (DFG) using a quasi-phase-matched Zn:LiNbO₃ waveguide fabricated by direct bonding technology is presented. The high resistance of the waveguide to photorefractive damage allows high-power generation. A 65 mW mid-infrared output was obtained using a continuous-wave high- power fibre amplifier as pump source. The DFG source can access over 10 nm continuously simply by scanning the signal wavelength, and will be useful for real-time trace gas sensing.     

波分复用-光时分复用波长转换信号的消光比研究

对基于半导体光放大器(SOA)交叉增益调制(XGM)效应的全光波分复用一光时分复用(WDM—OTDM)转换后的两路时分复用输出信号的消光比(ER)特性进行了分析。研究了两路波分复用的输入抽运光和探测光的功率、波长、抽运光的消光比、数据速率以及半导体光放大器的偏置电流、腔长和模场限制因子对转换信号消光比的影响。模拟结果表明，增大抽运光输入功率，选择长波长抽运光，可以增加转换光相应信道消光比，但减小了相邻信道的输出消光比；增加抽运光消光比，可以提高转换光消光比，但各个信道增长幅度不同；减小探测光输入功率，选取短波长探测光波长，增加半导体光放大器的腔长和模场限制因子以及大的偏置电流可提高转换光消光比；对于两路或多路波分复用信号转换时分复用信号的过程中，一定要考虑转换光每个信道消光比的均衡。     

Theoretical analyses and optimizations for wavelength conversion byquasi-phase-matching difference frequency generation

Under the undepleted-pump approximation, the conversion efficiency η and bandwidth Δλ based on quasi-phasematching (QPM) difference frequency generation (DFG), are theoretically studied in detail and their expressions are obtained. The theoretical results show that, for the uniform grating, η logarithmically increases with L, whereas Δλ decreases under the perfect phase matching. Contrarily, when η reaches the minimum, the bandwidth Δλ, which is independent of the second-order nonlinearity, the pump, and the signal power, reaches the maximum under the imperfect phase matching. The expression of η for the arbitrary chirp QPM grating in the typical DFG process is obtained in this paper for the first time. Optimized examples for two-, three-, and four-segment chirp grating are given, respectively. The numerically optimized results show that both the pump and signal bandwidth Δλ can apparently be widened in the chirp grating although η may decrease a little, and that, with the adding of segment numbers, Δλ can increase     

Mode-matched ion-exchanged glass-waveguide bridge for high-performance dense wavelength division multiplexer

Data bit rate, 1-dB passband, and device dimensions are the key properties of dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices. For blazed-grating-based dense WDM devices, analysis shows that all these three properties can be enhanced by reducing the output fiber-array channel spacing. In this paper, we propose an ion-exchanged glass waveguide to reduce the output channel spacing. To fabricate the low-loss fiber-compatible waveguide, a field-assisted ion-exchange process is developed. The waveguides fabricated by this process have a propagation loss of 0.16 dB/cm and a coupling loss to single-mode fiber (SMF) of 0.1 dB. A 47-channel 100-GHz-spacing dense WDM integrated with the glass waveguide is then packaged and demonstrated. The device performance has verified the effectiveness of the proposed solution and the successfulness of the ion-exchanged glass-waveguide technique in this application.     

Experimental and theoretical analysis of relaxation-oscillationsand spectral hole burning effects in all-optical gain-clamped EDFA's forWDM networks

Experimental and theoretical analysis of the gain dynamics of all-optically stabilized multichannel erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and the impact on wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks performance requirements is presented. In particular, we focus on precise analysis of the detailed transient response of the surviving channel and the relaxation oscillations of the compensating (lasing) signal. The main objective of this work is to experimentally and theoretically analyze and examine some of the critical factors such as, lasing wavelength, gain recovery time, relaxation oscillation frequency of the feedback loop, and the number of channels dropped/added, that affect the transient power excursions in the surviving channel. First, we consider the applicability of laser automatic gain control (AGC) to control fast power transients in WDM optical networks and reports the first high resolution measurements of transients in such gain controlled EDFAs. Second, the experimental results are compared with those predicted from a numerical simulation of the dynamic of the gain controlled EDFA     

Multiwavelength optical networks with limited wavelength conversion

This paper proposes optical wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks with limited wavelength conversion that can efficiently support lightpaths (connections) between nodes. Each lightpath follows a route in a network and must be assigned a channel on each link along the route. The load λ_max of a set of lightpaths is the maximum over all links of the number of lightpaths that use the link. At least λ_max wavelengths will be needed to assign channels to the lightpaths. If the network has full wavelength conversion capabilities, then λ_max wavelengths are sufficient to perform the channel assignment. Ring networks with fixed wavelength conversion capability within the nodes are proposed that can support all lightpath sets with load λ_max at most W-1, where W is the number of wavelengths in each link. Ring networks with a small additional amount of wavelength conversion capability within the nodes are also proposed that allow the support of any set of lightpaths with load λ_max at most W. A star network is also proposed with fixed wavelength conversion capability at its hub node that can support all lightpath sets with load λ_max at most W. These results are extended to tree networks and networks with arbitrary topologies. This provides evidence that significant improvements in traffic-carrying capacity can be obtained in WDM networks by providing very limited wavelength conversion capability within the network     

Priority-based offline wavelength assignment in OBS networks

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising technique for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. In practice, wavelength converters (WCs) are either absent or only sparsely deployed in WDM networks due to economic and technical limitations. Thus, wavelength assignment is expected to be an important component of OBS networks. In this paper, an offline wavelength assignment scheme in OBS networks without wavelength conversion capability is proposed. The key idea of the scheme is to decide the wavelength searching order of each traffic connection at edge nodes according to the wavelength priorities determined by the calculated burst loss probabilities on different wavelengths. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme can reduce the network-wide burst loss probability significantly compared with other schemes. It is also illustrated that the performance of the proposed scheme can be further enhanced by a larger number of wavelengths per link and a reasonable delay bound at edge nodes.     

Wide-band polarization-free wavelength conversion based on four-wave-mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Wide-band polarization free wavelength conversion based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) subject to two pump beams has been studied in detail. With equalized forward and backward pump power, polarization independence of the converted signal was experimentally achieved when the wavelength detuning was larger than 1.24 nm. This is independent of the SOA bias current. When the wavelength detuning between the signal and one pump beam was fixed at 1.6 nm, the amplitude of the converted signal was nearly constant over a 58-nm wavelength range. A new theoretical analysis allows for signals of arbitrary polarization state to be considered. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theory developed here.