Title :
Analytic Study of the Modulation Response of Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Hu, Zhefeng ; Santagiustina, Marco
Author_Institution :
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L???Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
We study the modulation response of a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) operated by directly modulating its injection current. We derive an analytic expression for the 3 dB modulation bandwidth, and characterize its dependence on the main RSOA parameters. Our study is based on a reduced model for the nonlinear RSOA response.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical communications; nonlinear optics; optical communications; pulse propagation models; reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2015.2453232
