A novel 2R regenerator based on an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer incorporating an MMI-SOA

Author

De Merlier, Jan ; Morthier, Geert ; Verstuyft, Steven ; Van Caenegem, Tom ; Moerman, I. ; Van Daele, Peter ; Baets, Roel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

366

Abstract

We propose a novel type of 2R regenerator, based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with an SOA in one arm and a multi-mode-interference-coupler (MMI)-SOA in the other arm, which shows an improved regeneration characteristic compared to interferometers with 2 identical SOAs. The experimental results agree very well with the simulations. The measured static transfer function shows a digital form and a large increase in extinction ratio. An input extinction ratio of 6 dB can be improved to over 20 dB

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R regenerator; MMI-SOA; asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; digital form; extinction ratio; multi-mode-interference-coupler; regeneration characteristic; simulations; static transfer function; Arm; Current density; Electrons; Europe; Information technology; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969327

Filename

969327