DocumentCode
1377879
Title
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Pattern Effect Suppression Using a Birefringent Fiber Loop
Author
Zoiros, Kyriakos E. ; O´Riordan, Colm ; Connelly, Michael J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Volume
22
Issue
4
fYear
2010
Firstpage
221
Lastpage
223
Abstract
The capability of a birefringent fiber loop to suppress the pattern effect in a semiconductor optical amplifier is experimentally demonstrated. The results verify that compared to direct signal amplification this scheme achieves reduced amplitude modulation, enhanced eye diagram extinction ratio, pulse reshaping, tolerance to long string of spaces, low power penalty, and extended input power dynamic range.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; birefringence; optical fibre filters; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; amplitude modulation; birefringent fiber loop; eye diagram extinction ratio; input power dynamic range; optical comb filter; pattern effect suppression; power penalty; pulse reshaping; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal amplification; Birefringent fiber loop (BFL); optical comb filter; pattern effect; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2009.2037601
Filename
5373930
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