• DocumentCode
    356467
  • Title

    Influence of RZ and NRZ signal format on the high-speed performance of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Fjelde, T. ; Wolfson, D. ; Kloch, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    87
  • Abstract
    High-speed experiments show that the influence from the limited relaxation frequency of GC-SOAs that severely degrades the performance for NRZ signals is reduced by using RZ signals, thus resulting in a higher input power dynamic range.
  • Keywords
    optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication signaling; 15 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; NRZ signal format; NRZ signal performance; RZ signal format; gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers; high-speed performance; input power dynamic range; limited relaxation frequency; Bit rate; Frequency; Gain; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868531
  • Filename
    868531