Semiconductor devices for all-optical regeneration

Author

Öhman, Filip ; Bischoff, Svend ; Tromborg, Bjarne ; Mork, Jesper

Author_Institution

COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

29 June-3 July 2003

Firstpage

41

Abstract

We review different implementations of semiconductor devices for all-optical regeneration. A general model is presented for all-optical regeneration in fiber links, taking into consideration the trade-off between non-linearity and noise. Furthermore we discuss a novel regenerator type, based on saturable gain and absorption in a waveguide structure.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; intensity modulation; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder configuration; all-optical regeneration; cross-phase modulation; electro-absorber; fiber links; general model; intensity modulation; intensity transfer function; noise; nonlinearity; pass-through scheme; saturable gain; semiconductor device implementations; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide structure; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical pulse compression; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2003.1263141

Filename

1263141