Title :
All-optical delay line canceller using phase inversion in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Coppinger, F. ; Trinh, P.D. ; Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Jalali, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have developed a novel all-optical delay line canceller (DLC) that exploits cross-gain modulation in a homogeneously broadened semiconductor optical amplifier laser medium to perform subtraction of two RF-modulated optical intensities
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; semiconductor lasers; RF-modulated optical intensities subtraction; all-optical delay line canceller; cross-gain modulation; homogeneously broadened semiconductor optical amplifier laser medium; phase inversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; Delay lines; Frequency; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719946
