Title :
SOAs for Phase-Based Optical Signal Processing
Author :
Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P. ; Garcia Gunning, F.C. ; Power, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We describe recent advances in the use of semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical signal processing of phase-based modulation formats. Four-wave mixing, which is inherently phase sensitive, is exploited in the techniques described.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; four-wave mixing; phase-based modulation formats; phase-based optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Binary phase shift keying; Clocks; Frequency conversion; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Probes; Optical Communications; fourwave mixing; non-linear optics; nonlinear optical signal processing; semiconductor nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.64
