Title :
Detailed experimental and theoretical investigation and comparison of the cascadability of semiconductor optical amplifier gates and gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier gates
Author :
Danielsen, S.L. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Wolfson, D. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Emery, J.Y. ; Pommereau, F. ; Renaud, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. Syst., Tech. Univ. Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Here, a detailed investigation of the cascadability of gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers (GC-SOAs) is presented and compared to that of conventional SOAs for different bit rates. The analysis is both theoretical and experimental and shows that at 2.5 Gbit/s more than 30 GC-SOAs can be cascaded while only seven conventional SOAs (@1-dB penalty).
Keywords :
semiconductor lasers; 2.5 Gbit/s; bit rates; dB penalty; gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier gates; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifier gate cascadability; Crosstalk; Degradation; Dynamic range; Extinction ratio; Gain measurement; Power measurement; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-521-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657187
