Title :
Experimental demonstration of SOAs optical bandwidth widening based on selective filtering
Author :
Morel, P. ; Chanclou, P. ; Brenot, R. ; Motaweh, T. ; Guégan, M. ; Sharaiha, A.
Author_Institution :
ENIB, UEB, Brest, France
Abstract :
We present experimental results showing the ability of using a spectrally selective reflectivity to widen SOAs optical bandwidth. Results show a sufficient widening over 160 nm extending the amplification from 5 to 8 CWDM channels.
Keywords :
amplification; optical communication equipment; optical filters; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM channels; SOA; amplification; optical bandwidth widening; selective filtering; spectrally selective reflectivity; Bandwidth; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642730
