Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

A Proposal for a New Method of Modeling of the Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

With the advancement of nanoscale semiconductor technology,semiconductor optical amplifiers are used to amplify and process all-optical signals. Inthis paper, with the aim of calculating the gain of quantum dot semiconductor opticalamplifier (QD-SOA), two groups of rate equations and the optical signal propagatingequation are used in the active layer of the device. For t...

Simulation and Analysis the Performance of 3970 Km DWDM Transmission Link Employing Optimized Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

In this paper first we try to analysis the behavior ofthe SOAs in the optical networks and then have proposed anumerical simple model to simulate the behavior of thesemiconductor optical amplifiers. After that by employing thismodel as inline amplifier for a DWDM optical system, we havesimulated the transmission of 10 channels with bit rate 10 Gb/sup to distance 3970 km with RZ-DPSK modulation ...

All-Optical 2R Regeneration Using a Non-Linear Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

All-optical 2R logic regeneration is demonstrated using a vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier. The optical switching threshold is 1 μW, with 10 dB gain and >6:1 (8dB) extinction ratio. Performance limits are also discussed. ©2003 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (190.1450) Bistability; (200.4660) Optical Logic; (250.5980) Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers; (230.4320) Nonlinear ...

Channel dropping filters based on ring resonators and integrated SOAs

A key device in all-optical networks is the optical filter. Ring resonator filters on the basis of GaInAsP / InP with improved filter response and increased functionality using integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers are presented. 2003 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (130.3120) Integrated optics devices, (230.5750) Resonators

The Enhanced Functionalities of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and their Role in Advanced Optical Networking