Title :
Effect of phase noise in the chromatic dispersion compensation by FWM in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Sabella, R. ; Iannone, E. ; Alcin, G.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev., Ericsson Telecomunicazioni, Rome, Italy
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The intermingling of laser source chirping and chromatic dispersion characteristics of single-mode optical fibres limits the bit-rate and span product of transmission links. Several approaches have been investigating to compensate chirping/dispersion. In this paper we consider the use of spectral inversion technique by four wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA´s). Such devices could be key components, such as wavelength converters, of future WDM networks and could be basic elements for the realisation of photonic switches in the wavelength domain. In this paper we investigate the effect of the phase noise of semiconductor lasers used as pumps in the wavelength converters on the transmission performances
Keywords :
semiconductor lasers; FWM; WDM networks; bit-rate; chromatic dispersion characteristics; chromatic dispersion compensation; four wave mixing; laser pumping; laser source chirping; phase noise; photonic switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; single-mode optical fibres; span product; spectral inversion technique; transmission links; wavelength converters; wavelength domain; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Laser noise; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586957
