Abstract
Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is used for wide-band all-optical signal regeneration, optical gating, and photonic switching. However, the higher channel crosstalk limits its system utilization. To overcome this problem, a strong but out-of-band optical signal is used to clamp the carrier in an SOA. The clamping signal is provided through an internal distributed-feedback (DBF) or distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) laser or from an externally injected optical source. These schemes are compared and analyzed to achieve high gain, low-crosstalk, wide-band signal regeneration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-338 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
Volume | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Event | Proceedings of the 1997 10th IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, LEOS. Part 2 (of 2) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 10 Nov 1997 → 13 Nov 1997 |