Cascadability assessment of a 2R regenerator based on a saturable absorber and a semiconductor optical amplifier in a path switchable recirculating loop

Author

Gay, M. ; Bramerie, L. ; Massoubre, D. ; O´Hare, A. ; Shen, A. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Simon, J.C.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Rennes, Lannion

Volume

18

Issue

11

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1273

Lastpage

1275

Abstract

We assess a new 2R regenerator based on a microcavity saturable absorber and a semiconductor optical amplifier. Cascadability is demonstrated and the impact of regeneration span is studied in a 10-Gb/s two-path recirculating loop. A wavelength study demonstrates the tunability of the device over 13 nm

Keywords

microcavities; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; optical tuning; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 2R regenerator; cascadability; device tunability; microcavity saturable absorber; path switchable recirculating loop; semiconductor optical amplifier; Extinction ratio; Fluctuations; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R regeneration; optical communication; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); vertical microcavity saturable absorber (SA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.875324

Filename

1634567