Title :
Influence of SOA based devices on optical single sideband signals
Author :
Silveira, Tiago ; Teixeira, António ; Ferreira, Ana ; Monteiro, Paulo ; André, Paulo
Author_Institution :
Siemens S.A., Amadora, Portugal
Abstract :
Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) have been found to be one of the most attractive solutions to overcome the electrical bottleneck in optical networks. However, the non-linearities of SOA based devices may be harmful to optical modulation formats, especially to the ones that use phase modulation. Based on experimental tests performed at 10 Gb/s we discuss the consequences of SOA based devices on optical single sideband signals. The tested devices were: an amplifier, wavelength converter and a 2R regenerator.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA based devices; optical fibre amplifier; optical modulation formats; optical networks; optical single sideband signals; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength converter; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Performance evaluation; Phase modulation; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1506141
