Theoretical and experimental study of the linearity of semiconductor optical amplifier based optical modulator in subcarrier multiplexed systems

Author

Udvary, Eszter ; Berceli, Tibor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommunications & Electromagn. Theor., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) can be advantageously utilized as external modulators because they can perform simultaneously two functions: amplification and modulation. When the device is used in a subcarrier multiplexed system the modulation linearity is a crucial property. Theoretical and experimental investigations are presented with the aim to characterize the modulation linearity. By proper adjustment of the operation point and environmental parameters and by careful optical matching the device provides better modulation linearity than the traditionally used Mach Zehnder modulator.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; Mach Zehnder modulator; SOA; environmental parameters; modulation linearity; optical matching; optical modulator; semiconductor optical amplifier; subcarrier multiplexed systems; Crosstalk; Linearity; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Semiconductor optical amplifier; linearity; reflective device; subcarrier multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549186

Filename

5549186