Design Analysis and Performance Optimization of a Lyot Filter for Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Pattern Effect Suppression

Author

Rizou, Z.V. ; Zoiros, K.E. ; Hatziefremidis, A. ; Connelly, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Volume

19

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze in detail, based on numerical modeling, the use of a Lyot filter to suppress the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) pattern effect. By formulating a robust design strategy, which is based on defining appropriate figures of merit and making the necessary tradeoffs between them, the filter performance can be optimized in terms of the wavelength spacing and detuning of its spectral response. The results obtained from this design procedure agree with experiment and enable us to accurately quantify to what degree the Lyot filter can resolve the SOA pattern effect problem.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical filters; optimisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Lyot filter; SOA; numerical modeling; optimization; pattern effect suppression; robust design; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral response; wavelength spacing; Argon; Filtering; Gain; Numerical models; Optical fiber filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Lyot filter; numerical modeling; pattern effect; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2250258

Filename

6472012