Semiconductor optical amplifiers in analog optical links

Author

Udvary, Eszter ; Berceli, Tibor ; Marozsák, Tamás ; Hilt, Attila

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommunication Syst., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

29 June-3 July 2003

Firstpage

201

Abstract

The semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is a high performance and very versatile component in a wide range of optical communications systems. It offers a good solution for the implementation of very high-speed analogue links (> 10 GHz), microwave distribution networks, etc. We assess the performance of this device for analog optical systems and illustrate it by a subcarrier multiplexed link. We study linearity, modulation bandwidth, noise and dispersion in a very high speed optical link, using both experimental and theoretical methods.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical noise; random noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; SOA; analog optical links; dispersion; linearity; microwave distribution networks; modulation bandwidth; noise; optical communications systems; semiconductor optical amplifier; subcarrier multiplexed link; very high-speed analogue links; Bandwidth; High speed optical techniques; Linearity; Microwave devices; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2003.1263183

Filename

1263183