SOA characterization for AND logic operation on SOA based NOLM

Author

Faridus, Mohd Farizal ; Wahid, Mohamad Halim Abd ; Sabani, Norhayati ; Rostam, Rosnahlizawati

Author_Institution

Sch. of Microelectron. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Jejawi, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

372

Lastpage

376

Abstract

We present a characterization of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) in nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). An SOA-NOLM has been modeled and simulated in OptiSystem environment. In this simulation, optical data pulse and optical control pulse are generated by using two difference CW laser sources at wavelength 1542 nm and 1555 nm wavelength respectively. SOA gain can be increased to 42dB for 500mA in SOA current gain simulation. By varying the SOA input wavelength the output gain is just slightly changed from 41.2dB to 41.6dB for the wavelength range simulated. The characterized SOA also show the gain will be saturated at 10dBm. The recovery time for this type of SOA reached 100pS when the SOA injected with 500mA input current. All this SOA´s characterization is performed in order to suit an analysis of various parameters that affect the performance of AND logic operation based on SOA-NOLM.

Keywords

logic gates; mirrors; semiconductor optical amplifiers; AND logic operation; CW laser sources; OptiSystem environment; SOA based NOLM; SOA characterization; SOA current gain simulation; SOA input wavelength; current 500 mA; noise figure 41.2 dB to 42 dB; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical control pulse; optical data pulse; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength 1542 nm to 1555 nm; Current measurement; Gain; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM), 2011 IEEE Regional Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kota Kinabalu

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-844-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RSM.2011.6088362

Filename

6088362