Title :
160-Gb/s all-optical encoding experiments by four-wave mixing in a gain-clamped SOA with assist-light injection
Author :
Arahira, Shin ; Ogawa, Yoh
Author_Institution :
Adv. Devices Labs., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
All-optical encoding at 160 Gb/s was demonstrated by using four-wave mixing in a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with a continuous-wave assist-light injection. Clear eye opening was successfully observed with increasing the assist-light power due to suppression of pattern effect caused by carrier depletion in the SOA.
Keywords :
encoding; multiwave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; SOA; all-optical encoding; assist-light injection; eye opening; four-wave mixing; gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier; Encoding; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.821237
