Extinction ratio improvement in ultra-long semiconductor optical amplifiers - two wave competition for regenerative applications

Author

Runge, P. ; Elschner, R. ; Bunge, C.-A. ; Petermann, K. ; Schlak, M. ; Brinker, W. ; Sartorius, B. ; Schell, M.

Author_Institution

Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

With the help of the two-wave competition (TWC) in saturated ultra-long semiconductor optical amplifiers (UL-SOAs) the extinction ratio (ER) of high-speed optical signals can be regenerated. We investigate the UL-SOAs´ optimum operating range for the ER improvement. As a result, we present driving conditions for a stable regeneration scheme.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical repeaters; optical saturation; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; extinction ratio improvement; high-speed optical signals; saturated UL-SOA; stable regeneration scheme; two-wave competition; ultra-long semiconductor optical amplifiers; Erbium; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement; 2R; all-optical; extinction ratio improvement; semiconductor optical amplifier; two-wave competition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4326-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-8855-2228-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2008.4804211

Filename

4804211