Impact of the gain saturation dynamics in semiconductor optical amplifiers on the characteristics of an analog optical link

Author

Boula-Picard, Reynald ; Alouini, Mehdi ; Lopez, Jérôme ; Vodjdani, Nakita ; Simon, Jean-Claude

Author_Institution

THALES Res. & Technol., Orsay, France

Volume

23

Issue

8

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2420

Lastpage

2426

Abstract

We evaluate both theoretically and experimentally the gain saturation dynamics of semiconductor optical amplifiers when inserted into an analog optical link. Its impact in terms of radio frequency response, nonlinearity, and noise is investigated. In particular, the frequency response is shown to be a peculiar high-pass filter exhibiting two characteristic frequencies.

Keywords

high-pass filters; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical noise; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; analog optical link; gain saturation dynamics; high-pass filter; optical noise; optical nonlinearity; radiofrequency response; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Dynamic response; microwave communication; semiconductor optical amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.850792

Filename

1498944