Analysis of Optical Signal Regenerating Performance by Nonlinear Directional Coupler Loaded with SOA and Long-Period Grating

Author

Ochiai, Takanori ; Kawakami, Yasuhiro ; Utaka, Katsuyuki

Author_Institution

Waseda Univ., Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

19-22 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

76

Abstract

We propose a nonlinear directional coupler loaded with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a long-period grating for an all-optical signal regenerator. From the result of numerical simulation, we confirmed the potential of optical signal regeneration with reshaping and regenerating functions by utilizing enhanced nonlinear coupling in a wavelength-selective directional coupler using an SOA.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; numerical analysis; optical directional couplers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal generators; SOA; all-optical signal regenerator; long-period grating; nonlinear directional coupler; numerical simulation; optical signal regenerating performance; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength-selective directional coupler; Directional couplers; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Optical coupling; Performance analysis; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission; SOA; TMM; all-optical signal regeneration; long-period grating; nonlinear directional coupler; wavelength selective coupling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2007

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1122-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2007.4300757

Filename

4300757