Summary
Optoelectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication
2007
Session Number:12D2
Session:
Number:12D2-2
Ultrafast Optical Gain Switching for Wavelength Conversion from Silica to Polymer Optical Fibre Communication Wavelengths
Ruidong Xia, Cora Cheung, Donal D. C. Bradley, Arvydas Ruseckas, Dimali Amarasinghe, Ifor D.W. Samuel,
pp.396-397
Publication Date:2007/7/9
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Optical gain switching is demonstrated for red emission distributed feedback polymer lasers operating close to the 650 nm polymer optical fibre low loss window, namely at 675 and 692 nm. With control pulses (5kHz, 4ps) at telecommunication wavelengths, 1.28 and 1.32 m the gain switch operates as a wavelength conversion element.