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
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