Automatic polarisation dependent gain compensation in semiconductor optical amplifiers using contact monitoring

Author

Wonfor, A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; McAuley, D.

Author_Institution

Centre for Photonics Commun. Syst. Res., Cambridge Univ., UK

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

709

Lastpage

710

Abstract

The use of filtered measurements of photodetected signals in SOAs is shown to allow the ready development of a simple control loop able to compensate for polarisation dependent gain levels by as much as 3 dB. Further measurements, including the advantageous effect of the loop on the noise performance of the amplifier will be reported at the conference.

Keywords

compensation; laser noise; laser variables measurement; light polarisation; monitoring; optical testing; optical transmitters; photodetectors; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOAs; automatic polarisation dependent gain compensation; contact monitoring; filtered measurements; noise performance; photodetected signals; polarisation dependent gain levels; semiconductor optical amplifiers; simple control loop; Computerized monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036665

Filename

1036665