• DocumentCode
    2785830
  • Title

    Pulse Limiting Amplification by Saturation Effects in an SOA

  • Author

    Contestabile, G. ; Presi, M. ; Proietti, R. ; Calabretta, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant¿Anna, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the limiting-amplification capability of a saturated SOA followed by an optical filter in case of amplitude-modulated 20GHz pulses. We report more than 25 dB amplitude-modulation-reduction for input modulating frequencies in the range 100KHz-3GHz.
  • Keywords
    Amplitude modulation; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431224
  • Filename
    4431224
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2785830