Title :
Inherent fabrication yields and asymmetries impacts on MZI-SOA static modelling
Author :
Parca, Giorgia ; Dionisio, Rogerio ; Reis, Cláudia ; Betti, Silvello ; Beleffi, Giorgio Tosi ; Teixeira, António
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettron., Univ. di Roma "Tor Vergata ", Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The characteristics of MZI-SOA are affected by its internal design yields and asymmetries, leading to an unbalanced power distribution at the output arms and difficult or non optimum biasing. Therefore, we propose an experimental methodology and model for MZI-SOA structures taking into account internal asymmetries as well as the internal SOA behaviour under different current both as what regards amplitude and phase.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MZI-SOA static modelling; Mach-Zehnder semiconductor optical amplifiers; Arm; Couplers; Extinction ratio; Fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Power distribution; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Mach-Zehnder SOA interferometer; SOA; all optical processing; extinction ratio; splitting factors;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549299
