Title :
Semiconductor optical amplifiers for microwave photonics links
Author :
Boula-Picard, R. ; Bibey, M.-B. ; Vodjdani, N.
Author_Institution :
THALES LCR, Orsay, France
Abstract :
The influence of saturated Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers "SOA" (classical or gain clamped) on the transmission characteristics of a fibre optical link carrying a microwave signal is presented. SOAs present different behaviour in term of gain, nonlinearity, frequency response and noise in accordance with the modulation frequency of the input signal.
Keywords :
frequency response; intermodulation distortion; laser noise; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA frequency response; SOA gain; SOA noise; SOA nonlinearity; fibre optical link; gain clamped SOAs; input signal modulation frequency; microwave photonic links; microwave signal; saturated SOAs; semiconductor optical amplifiers; transmission characteristics; Frequency response; Microwave photonics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7003-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.981815
