Characterization of the dynamical processes in all-optical signal processing using semiconductor optical amplifiers

Inuk Kang; Christophe Dorrer; Liming Zhang; Mihaela Dinu; Mahmoud Rasras; Lawrence L. Buhl; Steven Cabot; Ashish Bhardwaj; Xiang Liu; Mark A. Cappuzzo; L. Gomez; A. Wong-Foy; Y. F. Chen; Niloy K. Dutta; Sanjay S. Patel; David T. Neilson; C. Randy Giles; A. Piccirilli; James Jaques

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2008.917020

Characterization of the dynamical processes in all-optical signal processing using semiconductor optical amplifiers

Inuk Kang, Christophe Dorrer, Liming Zhang, Mihaela Dinu, Mahmoud Rasras, Lawrence L. Buhl, Steven Cabot, Ashish Bhardwaj, Xiang Liu, Mark A. Cappuzzo, L. Gomez, A. Wong-Foy, Y. F. Chen, Niloy K. Dutta, Sanjay S. Patel, David T. Neilson, C. Randy Giles, A. Piccirilli, James Jaques

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We present experimental investigations of the dynamical properties of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and their impacts in all-optical signal processing using SOAs. We introduce ultrafast optical signal characterization techniques to fully characterize the gain and phase dynamics of SOAs. We elucidate a consequence of the slow carrier recovery as pattern-dependent phase fluctuation in wavelength conversion of ON-OFF-keyed signals. We also analyze the conversion of the phase fluctuation into amplitude fluctuation limiting the performance of all-optical XOR operation. Finally, the performance of all-optical wavelength conversion of differential phase-shift-keyed signals is presented with emphasis on regeneration of the phase information.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	4538038
Pages (from-to)	758-769
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.917020
State	Published - May 2008

Keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK)
Optical logic devices
Optical sampling
Optical signal processing
Phase shift keying (PSK)
Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)
Ultrafast pulse characterization
Wavelength conversion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kang, I., Dorrer, C., Zhang, L., Dinu, M., Rasras, M., Buhl, L. L., Cabot, S., Bhardwaj, A., Liu, X., Cappuzzo, M. A., Gomez, L., Wong-Foy, A., Chen, Y. F., Dutta, N. K., Patel, S. S., Neilson, D. T., Giles, C. R., Piccirilli, A., & Jaques, J. (2008). Characterization of the dynamical processes in all-optical signal processing using semiconductor optical amplifiers. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 14(3), 758-769. Article 4538038. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.917020

Kang, I, Dorrer, C, Zhang, L, Dinu, M, Rasras, M, Buhl, LL, Cabot, S, Bhardwaj, A, Liu, X, Cappuzzo, MA, Gomez, L, Wong-Foy, A, Chen, YF, Dutta, NK, Patel, SS, Neilson, DT, Giles, CR, Piccirilli, A & Jaques, J 2008, 'Characterization of the dynamical processes in all-optical signal processing using semiconductor optical amplifiers', IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 14, no. 3, 4538038, pp. 758-769. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.917020

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