Small-signal analysis of SOA-MZI-based NRZ wavelength conversion configurations

Author

Spyropoulou, M. ; Pleros, N. ; Papadimitriou, G. ; Tomkos, I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present analytical expressions for the frequency domain transfer function of three different SOA-MZI wavelength conversion schemes providing insight into their modulation bandwidth and speed capabilities for NRZ signal wavelength conversion applications.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical transfer function; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MZI; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA; frequency domain transfer function; modulation bandwidth; non-retum-to-zero wavelength conversion configurations; semiconductor optical amplifier; small-signal analysis; Bandwidth; Frequency domain analysis; Information analysis; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance gain; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Transfer functions; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307842

Filename

5307842