Title :
Applications of semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Webb, R.P. ; Dailey, James M. ; Manning, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
All-optical processing of phase encoded signals with nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifiers offers potential advantages. As examples, we demonstrate QPSK to 8PSK conversion and decomposition of QPSK to two BPSK outputs at new wavelengths.
Keywords :
quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal processing; 8PSK; BPSK; QPSK; SOA; nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifiers; phase encoded signals all-optical processing; quadrature phase shift keying; Frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Phase shift keying; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276649
