Using semiconductor optical amplifiers of different length, we show experimentally that the signal to noise ratio at the output of a WDM network wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing is larger for amplifiers with large unsaturated gain, and increases with gain saturation.


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    Title :

    Increase of signal to noise ratio in wavelength conversion using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers


    Contributors:
    Martelli, F. (author) / Mecozzi, A. (author) / D'Ottavi, A. (author) / Spano, S.S.P. (author) / Dall'Ara, R. (author) / Eckner, J. (author) / Guekos, G. (author)


    Publication date :

    1996-01-01


    Size :

    166422 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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