Title :
Suppression of pattern dependent effects from a semiconductor optical amplifier using an optical delay interferometer
Author :
Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
A simple scheme is proposed to reduce the bit-pattern dependent errors generated from a semiconductor optical amplifier operated in gain saturation using an optical delay interferometer. The overshoot in data pulses is suppressed successfully.
Keywords :
error statistics; light interferometers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; data pulse; optical delay interferometer; pattern dependent effect; semiconductor optical amplifier; Delay effects; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253090
