Performance on SOA Based Wavelength Conversion at 10 GB/s by dual pump four wave mixing over a 50 nm

Abstract: We demonstrate an 50 nm wavelength shift using two orthogonally polarized pump with four wave mixing .We show that the wavelength conversion using of a four wave mixing in SOA ,increases the error free conversion .50 nm wavelength down conversion 35nm up conversion have been obtained at10 Gb/s. This results a significance improvement over the previous best performance of an Fwm based wavelength converter and demonstrate the large wavelength shift capacity of Fwm technique.

Keywords: Semiconductor optical amplifier, four wave mixing, optical network, wavelength conversion, frequency conversion communication system.