Title :
All-Optical Signal Processing Using Gain Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Silveira, Tiago ; Teixeira, Antonio ; Ferreira, Ana ; Beleffi, Giorgio Tosi ; Forin, Davide ; Stevan, Sergio, Jr. ; Monteiro, Pedro
Author_Institution :
Nokia Siemens Network S. A., Amadora
Abstract :
All optical signal processing is a key functionality to ensure the operation and growth of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. In this work we present a review of nonlinear applications of gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers (GC-SOA). An overview on recent results of wavelength conversion, signal reshaping, format conversion, and regeneration capabilities is presented; these results demonstrate promising characteristics of GC-SOA based schemes to enable transparent optical networks.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; all-optical signal processing; format conversion; gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers; regeneration capabilities; signal reshaping; transparent optical networks; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing networks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical signal processing; gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (GC-SOA); non-linear devices; regeneration; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296305
