Cross-Gain Modulation-based 2R Regenerator Using Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers at 160 Gbit/s

Author

Pina, José F. ; da Silva, Henrique J A ; Monteiro, Paulo N. ; Wang, J. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

109

Abstract

This paper presents simulation results of the performance of a 160 Gbit/s 2R regenerator based on Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (QD-SOA). The ultra-fast speed of this device is due to the large Cross-Gain Modulation (XGM) bandwidth of QD-SOAs. A Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) configuration is used to obtain a non-inverted output signal. Wavelength conversion and 2R (Re-amplifying, Re-shaping) regeneration is demonstrated and several performance issues are discussed.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R regenerator; MZI configuration; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; QD-SOA; XGM; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; cross-gain modulation; noninverted output signal; quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultra-fast speed device; wavelength conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Quantum dots; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R Regeneration; Cross-Gain Modulation; Quantum-Dots; Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers; Wavelength Conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296042

Filename

4296042