Applications of SOAs in ultra-high speed optical networking

Author

de Waardt, H. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Liu, Y. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Koonen, A.M.J.

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. The use of SOA on high speed wavelength conversion and channel demultiplexing is reviewed. The use of SOA in a differentially mode operated interferometric structure is suggested to overcome slow recovery time during high speed wavelength conversion. An alternative, highly successful way to overcome the slow gain recovery speed of the SOA is to exploit the ultrafast chirp properties associated with the gain saturation in the SOA. Four wave mixing (FWM) process occurring in SOAs could also support higher bit rates.

Keywords

chirp modulation; demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; SOA; bit rates; channel demultiplexing; differentially mode operated interferometric structure; four wave mixing; gain saturation; high speed wavelength conversion; recovery time; ultrafast chirp; ultrahigh speed optical networking; Chirp; Demultiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386433

Filename

4386433