Simple guidelines for optimizing power splitter asymmetries in SOA-based Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters

Author

Dailey, James M. ; Koch, Thomas L.

Author_Institution

Center for Opt. Technol., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

463

Lastpage

464

Abstract

We demonstrate that significant performance penalties will occur in SOA-based Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters when design optimization is limited solely to phase and current biases. We present simple design rules to optimize the optical power splitter asymmetries and validate them using pseudo-random code in a comprehensive numerical model. Dramatic improvements in eye margin and extinction are confirmed.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical design techniques; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters; SOA; power splitter; pseudo-random code; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Design optimization; Frequency conversion; Guidelines; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical Frequency Conversion; Optical Switches; Optoelectronic Devices; Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the

Conference_Location

Acapulco

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1931-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1932-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688691

Filename

4688691