Title :
Effects of assist light injection at gain transparency wavelength on transmission and performances of SOAs
Author :
Amaya, Mohammad ; Sharaiha, Ammar ; Ginovart, F. ; Rampone, Thierry ; Feve, S. ; Gay, Afathilde
Author_Institution :
Lab. RESO, Ecole Nat. d´´Ingenieurs de Brest
Abstract :
In this paper, we have demonstrated that the injection of a CW assist light high power into the SOA cavity at the gain transparency wavelength improves the SOA saturation output power, accelerates the dynamic gain recovery time and reduces the optical signal waveform distortion
Keywords :
light propagation; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; CW assist light injection; SOA cavity; dynamic gain recovery time; gain transparency wavelength; optical signal waveform distortion; saturation output power; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Performance gain; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568338
