Comparison of the cascadability of conventional and gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier gates in multi wavelength optical networks

Author

Wolfson, D. ; Stubkjaer, K.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagn. Syst., Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

45

Abstract

A detailed investigation of the cascadability of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers (GC-SOAs) and SOAs in wavelength-division multiplexing networks is presented. The analysis shows far superior cascadability of GC-SOAs at a channel bit rate of 2.5 Gbit/s in systems with up to at least 16 channels.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; Gbit/s; SOAs; cascadability; channel bit rate; channels; far superior cascadability; gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier gates; multi wavelength optical networks; wavelength-division multiplexing networks; Degradation; Electromagnetic scattering; Extinction ratio; Gain measurement; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Power measurement; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Telecommunication switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.765990

Filename

765990