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Efficient modulation cancellation using reflective SOAs

Duill, S. O. 1; Marazzi, L.; Parolari, P.; Brenot, R.; Koos, C. 1,2; Freude, W. 1,2; Leuthold, J. 1,2
1 Institut für Photonik und Quantenelektronik (IPQ), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Modulation cancellation and signal inversion are demonstrated within reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers. The effect is necessary to implement colorless optical network units for network end-users, where downstream signals need to be erased in order to reuse the carrier for upstream transmission. The results presented here indicate that reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers possess the perfect high-speed all-optical gain saturation characteristics to completely cancel the downstream modulation at microwatt optical power levels and are thus the prime candidate to be constituents of future optical network units. Theoretical considerations are supported by experiments that show the cancellation of signals with a 6 dB extinction ratio at 2.5 Gbit/s.


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000044803
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00B587
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Zitationen: 37
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Photonik und Quantenelektronik (IPQ)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2012
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1094-4087
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-448033
KITopen-ID: 1000044803
Erschienen in Optics express
Verlag Optica Publishing Group (OSA)
Band 20
Heft 26
Seiten B587-B594
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