Title :
All-optical 2R regeneration based on integrated asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer incorporating MMI-SOA
Author :
De Merlier ; Morthier ; Van Daele ; Moerman ; Baets
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
fDate :
2/28/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
2R regeneration is proposed with an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer containing a monomodal semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and an SOA with a 1 × 1 multimode interference (MMI) coupler-SOA in the arms. Simulations and measurement of the static transfer function show a digital shape with a high extinction ratio improvement
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical couplers; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MMI-SOA; all-optical 2R regeneration; extinction ratio improvement; integrated asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; monomodal semiconductor optical amplifier; multimode interference coupler; static transfer function;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020168
