Title :
Analysis of add/drop multiplexing from 160 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s with a modified SOA-MZI gate
Author :
Melo, Alessandro M. ; Randel, Sebastian ; Schares, Laurent ; Petermann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Technische Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A novel setup for add/drop multiplexing that allows independent drop and clear port optimization in a SOA-MZI gate is proposed. Numerical simulations show high extinction ratios at 160:10 and 160:40 Gbit/s with this scheme if the data wavelength is shifted towards the SOA bandgap.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; SOA bandgap; add/drop multiplexing; extinction ratios; modified SOA-MZI gate; Amplitude modulation; Degradation; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Performance gain; Phase modulation; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Shape control; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363543
