• DocumentCode
    243142
  • Title

    SOAs for Phase-Based Optical Signal Processing

  • Author

    Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P. ; Garcia Gunning, F.C. ; Power, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    110
  • Lastpage
    111
  • Abstract
    We describe recent advances in the use of semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical signal processing of phase-based modulation formats. Four-wave mixing, which is inherently phase sensitive, is exploited in the techniques described.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; four-wave mixing; phase-based modulation formats; phase-based optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Binary phase shift keying; Clocks; Frequency conversion; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Probes; Optical Communications; fourwave mixing; non-linear optics; nonlinear optical signal processing; semiconductor nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2766-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SUM.2014.64
  • Filename
    6903012