Performance investigation of semiconductor optical amplifier-based ultrafast nonlinear interferometer in nontrivial switching mode

Kyriakos E. Zoiros; P. Avramidis; C. S. Koukourlis

doi:10.1117/1.3028348

1 November 2008 Performance investigation of semiconductor optical amplifier-based ultrafast nonlinear interferometer in nontrivial switching mode

Kyriakos E. Zoiros, P. Avramidis, C. S. Koukourlis

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 47, Issue 11, 115006 (November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3028348

Abstract

The feasibility of operating the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)–based ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) in nontrivial switching mode is methodically investigated and demonstrated. For this purpose, a comprehensive model that simulates the dynamical behavior of an SOA subject to an ultra-high-speed pseudorandom binary sequence is appropriately adapted to the case of the specific configuration. By undertaking a detailed theoretical treatment, the impact of the most important SOA parameters on the fully loaded Q-factor is thoroughly analyzed and assessed, enabling us to extract useful design rules for their proper selection so as to ensure enhanced error-free performance at the desired output port of the considered interferometric arrangement. The outcome of this effort may assist the study and implementation of all-optical circuits and subsystems of nontrivial functionality, in particular with feedback, in which the UNI employing a SOA as the nonlinear element is the core logical module.

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Kyriakos E. Zoiros, P. Avramidis, and C. S. Koukourlis "Performance investigation of semiconductor optical amplifier-based ultrafast nonlinear interferometer in nontrivial switching mode," Optical Engineering 47(11), 115006 (1 November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3028348

Published: 1 November 2008

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