• DocumentCode
    3193286
  • Title

    Transmission Challenges of Cascaded Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

  • Author

    Berceli, Tibor ; Udvary, Eszter

  • Author_Institution
    Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 1111 Hungary
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    129
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    The semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is a proper component for simultaneous modulation and amplification what is a good approach for sub-carrier multiplexed optical signal transmission. However, cascading several SOAs a new problem arises, an increase in the distortion due to cross-modulation of the different channels. In the paper an optimum approach is presented to overcome that distortion problem.
  • Keywords
    Semiconductor optical amplifier; add/drop; modulation; transmission characteristics; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Semiconductor optical amplifier; add/drop; modulation; transmission characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    89-950043-3-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2005.203556
  • Filename
    1590284