Improving the All-Optical Response of SOAs Using a Modulated Holding Signal

Svend Bischoff, Mads Lønstrup Nielsen, Jesper Mørk

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    Abstract

    A method for increasing the all-optical modulation bandwidth of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) by use of a cross-gain-modulated (XGM) holding signal is suggested and analyzed. The bandwidth improvement is numerically demonstrated by studying wavelength conversion in an SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) at 160 and 40 Gb/s. The new scheme is predicted to improve the extinction ratio and the minimum mark output power, as well as to reduce the amplitude jitter of the wavelength converted signal.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
    Volume22
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)1303-1308
    ISSN0733-8724
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

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