Multifunctional SOAs in optical communication systems

Author

Udvary, E. ; Berceli, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommunication Syst., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) is very attractive device for optical communication systems for their capability to be multifunctional devices. SOAs have demonstrated their multifunctional facility by combining optical amplification with modulation, gating, photodetection, dispersion compensation, linearization, etc. The paper describes the applications of SOA-modulator and/or SOA-detector in optical communication systems (radio over fibre and passive optical network). Concept with multifunctional SOAs, modulation and detection responses are examined. The SOA gives favourable properties as a multifunctional device, it offers a low-cost, compact solution for several problems.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; multifunctional SOA; optical amplification; passive optical network; radio over fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; detection; modulation; passive optical network; radio over fibre; semiconductor optical amplifier multifunctionality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185045

Filename

5185045