Title :
Analysis and Design of an Active Integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and External Feedback Loop for All-Optical Self-Switching
Author :
Boucher, Yann G. ; Fares, Abdel-Fattah
Author_Institution :
ÉNIB/RESO Laboratory (EA 3380), CS 73862, F-29238 Brest Cedex 3, France. boucher@enib.fr
Abstract :
We investigate the spectral properties of an active integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA) inserted in its arms and provided with an external feedback loop. The whole system is described in the frame of an original extended Scattering Matrix Formalism including internal sources, that takes into account the saturation of each active medium under the influence of both signal and Amplified Spontaneous Emission.
Keywords :
Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE); Extended Transfer Matrix Formalism; Generalized Transfer Function; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI); Optical Switching; Scattering Parameters; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA); Feedback loop; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical feedback; Optical scattering; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Transfer functions; Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE); Extended Transfer Matrix Formalism; Generalized Transfer Function; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI); Optical Switching; Scattering Parameters; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA);
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684715
