Title :
On the amplification of short pulses in SOAs by using CW or modulated holding beams
Author :
Contestabile, G. ; Proietti, R. ; Presi, M. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
Abstract :
We study the amplification of 40 Gb/s RZ signals (having 7 ps-long pulses) in a high gain (30 dB) semiconductor optical amplifier. We report an experimental comparison between straightforward amplification and amplification assisted by the use of both continuous wave (CW) and modulated holding beams.
Keywords :
semiconductor optical amplifiers; CW; SOA; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; continuous wave beams; gain 30 dB; modulated holding beams; semiconductor optical amplifier; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; All-Optical processing; Holding Beam; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804259
