Title :
A polarization multiplexing technique to mitigate WDM crosstalk in SOAs
Author :
Srivastava, A.K. ; Banerjee, S. ; Eichenbaum, B.R. ; Wolf, C. ; Sun, Y. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R.
Author_Institution :
Crawford Hill Lab., Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Crosstalk arising from gain saturation effects in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA´s) causes major system impairments in wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) transmission of multiple optical channels. We propose a novel polarization multiplexing technique to mitigate the gain saturation effects in SOA´s and demonstrate error-free WDM transmission over a 45 km metro-like fiber link for a two-channel case using a SOA.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 45 km; SOA gain saturation effects; WDM crosstalk mitigation; error-free WDM transmission; metro-like fiber link; multiple optical channels; polarization multiplexing technique; semiconductor optical amplifiers; system impairment; wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission; Crosstalk; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
