DocumentCode
2024364
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
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2004
Firstpage
917
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8557-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363543
Filename
1363543
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