Use of fast in-line saturable absorbers in wavelength-division-multiplexed soliton systems

Author

Audouin, O. ; Pallise, E. ; Desurvire, E. ; Maunand, E.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

828

Lastpage

829

Abstract

The potential of fast in-line saturable absorbers is investigated for multiwavelength soliton systems. Numerical simulations demonstrate that both synchronous and asynchronous 4/spl times/10 Gb/s transmissions are possible with this technique. Limitations by finite absorber dynamics are also analyzed. Q factors close to 10 are obtained for a 4/spl times/10 Gb/s transmission with constant dispersion, provided that the absorber recovery time does not exceed 10 ps. The results demonstrate the capability of saturable absorbers to enhance performance in passive wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) soliton systems.

Keywords

Q-factor; optical fibre communication; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 10 ps; 40 Gbit/s; Q factors; absorber recovery time; asynchronous 4/spl times/10 Gb/s transmissions; constant dispersion; fast in-line saturable absorbers; finite absorber dynamics; multiwavelength soliton systems; passive WDM soliton systems; saturable absorbers; synchronous 4/spl times/10 Gb/s transmissions; wavelength-division-multiplexed soliton systems; Absorption; Filtering; Filters; Frequency; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Solitons; Timing jitter; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.681499

Filename

681499