Title :
Link performance of SOA-based slow and fast light
Author :
Sedgwick, F.G. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J. ; Uskov, Alexander V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We perform simple link analysis simulations to assess the performance of an SOA generating slow and fast light via four wave mixing. Power penalty is calculated for various alpha parameter values and bit rates.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; alpha parameter; bit rates; fast light; four wave mixing; power penalty; slow light; Bit rate; Fast light; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Optical buffering; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Probes; Refractive index; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215572
