Experimental analysis of the spectral broadening in a data eraser/rewriter based on a saturated UL-SOA

Author

Ribeiro, Napoleão S. ; Gallep, Cristiano M. ; Conforti, Evandro

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

290

Abstract

A Data eraser/rewriter based on the ultra-long semiconductor optical amplifier (UL-SOA) gain saturation is a new technique able to erase amplitude modulation signal at high bit rates with high extinction ratio. However the main drawback of this technique is the spectral broadening which occurs after the erasure, being the UL-SOA self-phase modulation the effect responsible for this. Therefore, experimental analysis of this spectral broadening is presented. The influence of some parameters is analyzed. The major spectral broadening measured was 1.8 nm, being a problem in WDM applications. Moreover, it is presented a discussion about how the spectral broadening can be prejudicial as well as how to reduce this drawback.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; extinction coefficients; optical communication equipment; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM applications; amplitude modulation signal; bit rates; data eraser; data rewritter; extinction ratio; gain saturation; saturated UL-SOA; self-phase modulation; spectral broadening; ultralong semiconductor optical amplifier; Bit rate; Gain; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing; non-linear optics; optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169364

Filename

6169364