Journal article
Bidirectional Four-Wave Mixing in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers: Theory and Experiment
Bidirectional four-wave mixing (FWM) is investigated in a bulk semiconductor optial amplifier (SOA) for dispersion compensation and for the clear/drop functionality in optical time division multiplexed OTDM) systems. Good performance for bidirectional midspan spectral inversion (MSSI) is theoretically predicted for bit rates of 10, 20 and 40 Gb/s and is shown to be in agreement with measurements performed at 10 and 20 Gb/s.
Measurements of the clear/drop functionality using the bidirectional technique show excellent performance for a 4 x 10 Gb/s signal and is again in good agreement with simulations. The clear/drop functionality is also simulated for 4 x 20 Gb/s and 4 x 40 Gb/s signals.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 1999 |
Pages: | 1617-1625 |
ISSN: | 15582213 and 07338724 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1109/50.788567 |
ORCIDs: | Clausen, Anders and Mørk, Jesper |
10 Gbit/s 20 Gbit/s 40 Gbit/s Fiber nonlinear optics Four-wave mixing High speed optical techniques Nonlinear optics Optical mixing Optical signal processing Optical wavelength conversion Semiconductor optical amplifiers Stimulated emission Wavelength division multiplexing bidirectional four-wave mixing bidirectional midspan spectral inversion bulk semiconductor optical amplifier clear/drop functionality dispersion compensation multiwave mixing optical communication equipment optical time division multiplexed semiconductor optical amplifiers time division multiplexing