Towards Terabit/s wavelength conversion with a single semiconductor optical amplifier and an optical bandpass filter

Author

Li, Zhonggui ; Liu, Yong ; Vazquez, Javier Molina ; Tangdiongga, Eduward ; Zhang, Shaoxian ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Lenstra, Daan

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this work, we numerically investigate the possibility of all-optical wavelength conversion at 1 Tb/s based on a single SOA and a Gaussian optical bandpass filter. A comprehensive model is employed to carry out the simulations for the carrier dynamics in an SOA. The ultrashort pulse propagation in an SOA is modeled through a nonlinear Schrodinger equation, which also accounts for gain dispersion and group velocity dispersion.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; nonlinear equations; optical filters; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor device models; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Gaussian optical bandpass filter; SOA; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; carrier dynamics; gain dispersion; group velocity dispersion; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; semiconductor optical amplifier; ultrashort pulse propagation; Band pass filters; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Q factor; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386426

Filename

4386426