• DocumentCode
    3033901
  • Title

    On the amplification of short pulses in SOAs by using CW or modulated holding beams

  • Author

    Contestabile, G. ; Proietti, R. ; Presi, M. ; Ciaramella, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-7 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the amplification of 40 Gb/s RZ signals (having 7 ps-long pulses) in a high gain (30 dB) semiconductor optical amplifier. We report an experimental comparison between straightforward amplification and amplification assisted by the use of both continuous wave (CW) and modulated holding beams.
  • Keywords
    semiconductor optical amplifiers; CW; SOA; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; continuous wave beams; gain 30 dB; modulated holding beams; semiconductor optical amplifier; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; All-Optical processing; Holding Beam; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4326-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-8855-2228-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2008.4804259
  • Filename
    4804259