Detailed theoretical investigation and comparison of the cascadability of conventional and gain-clamped SOA gates in multiwavelength optical networks

A detailed theoretical investigation of the cascadability of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers (GCSOAs) and SOAs in wavelength-division-multiplexed networks is presented. The analysis shows that the cascadability of SOAs is limited by degradation of both extinction ratio and ASE accumula...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 11; no. 11; pp. 1494 - 1496
Main Author Wolfson, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.1999
Subjects
Amplification
Channels
Communication switching
Crosstalk
Degradation
Distributed amplifiers
Distributed Bragg reflectors
Extinction
Extinction ratio
Gates
Holes
Networks
Optical noise
Optical switches
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Spontaneous emission
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Summary:A detailed theoretical investigation of the cascadability of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers (GCSOAs) and SOAs in wavelength-division-multiplexed networks is presented. The analysis shows that the cascadability of SOAs is limited by degradation of both extinction ratio and ASE accumulation, whereas the cascadability for GC-SOAs mainly is limited by an accumulation of amplified spontaneous emission. This results in superior cascadability of GC-SOAs at a channel bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s in systems with up to at least 16 channels even when compared to short cavity SOA gates.
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ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.803090