Title :
80-Gb/s OTDM System Analysis of a Vertical Microcavity-Based Saturable Absorber for the Enhancement of Pulse Pedestal Suppression
Author :
Clarke, A.M. ; Anandarajah, P.M. ; Bramerie, L. ; Guignard, C. ; Maher, R. ; Massoubre, D. ; Shen, A. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Barry, L.P. ; Simon, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ.
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In future high-speed optical time-division-multiplexed (OTDM) systems, an important factor that needs to be considered for optical pulse generation schemes is the impact of pulse pedestals on the overall system performance. The results presented in this letter are two-fold; first, the impact due to the height of pulse pedestals in an 80-Gb/s OTDM system are established. Second, a solution is provided to overcome these high pedestal levels through the use of a vertical microcavity saturable absorber, which can significantly reduce the pulse pedestal level and give enhanced system performance
Keywords :
microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical saturable absorption; time division multiplexing; 80 Gbit/s; OTDM; optical pulse generation; optical time-division multiplexing; pulse pedestal suppression; vertical microcavity-based saturable absorber; Erbium; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; System performance; Optical pulse shaping; optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM); pulse generation; saturable absorber (SA);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.891594
