Title :
The nonlinear behaviour of laser diodes integrated with semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Morthier, Geert ; D´Oosterlinck, Wouter ; Verspurten, Sam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
When injecting an external signal into the optical amplifier of an integrated laser-amplifier photonic circuit, the feedback from the laser may result in a strong non-linearity that can be observed in the output power vs. input power for the signal. We briefly discuss the nature of this non-linearity. Several applications in optical signal processing (2R regeneration, wavelength conversion, etc.) is discussed in more detail.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; signal processing; integrated laser-amplifier photonic circuit; laser diode; optical amplifier; optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal regeneration; Diode lasers; Integrated optics; Laser feedback; Optical feedback; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1506108
