TY - JOUR
T1 - 2R-regeneration in a monolithically integrated four-section SOA-EA chip
AU - Vivero, T.
AU - Calabretta, N.
AU - Tafur Monroy, I.
AU - Kassar, G.
AU - Öhman, F.
AU - Yvind, K.
AU - Gonzalez-Marcos, A.P.
AU - Mørk, J.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Optical regeneration using a monolithically integrated chip formed by a cascade of semiconductor optical amplifiers and saturable absorbers is investigated. Static transfer functions, signal reshaping, extinction ratio enhancement, noise dynamics and device dependence on operation conditions are measured. Results show that by cascading two-pairs of SOA–EAs a steep static transfer function is achieved. Dynamical measurements show large improvements in extinction ratio as well as a large improvement in the receiver-sensitivity when used as a regenerator for NRZ signals at 10 Gb/s.
AB - Optical regeneration using a monolithically integrated chip formed by a cascade of semiconductor optical amplifiers and saturable absorbers is investigated. Static transfer functions, signal reshaping, extinction ratio enhancement, noise dynamics and device dependence on operation conditions are measured. Results show that by cascading two-pairs of SOA–EAs a steep static transfer function is achieved. Dynamical measurements show large improvements in extinction ratio as well as a large improvement in the receiver-sensitivity when used as a regenerator for NRZ signals at 10 Gb/s.
U2 - 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.09.053
DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.09.053
M3 - Article
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 282
SP - 117
EP - 121
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
IS - 1
ER -