Semiconductor optical amplifiers: recent advances and applications

A Sobhanan, A Anthur, S O'Duill, M Pelusi… - Advances in Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Owing to advances in fabrication technology and device design, semiconductor optical
amplifiers (SOAs) are evolving as a promising candidate for future optical coherent …

Cross-layer performance analysis of recirculation buffers for optical data centers

H Rastegarfar, A Leon-Garcia… - Journal of lightwave …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recirculation buffer modules combining arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), tunable
wavelength converters (TWCs), and fiber delay lines (FDLs) have been proposed to bypass …

All-optical wavelength conversion of a 100-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed signal

P Martelli, P Boffi, M Ferrario, L Marazzi, P Parolari… - Optics …, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We present the results of an in-depth experimental investigation about all-optical
wavelength conversion of a 100-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed (POLMUX) signal. Each …

Quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers for energy-efficient optical communication

H Schmeckebier, D Bimberg - Green photonics and electronics, 2017 - Springer
Quantum-dot (QD) based semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are key components for a
large number of different applications in particular for all-optical communication networks …

Simultaneous multichannel wavelength multicasting and XOR logic gate multicasting for three DPSK signals based on four-wave mixing in quantum-dot …

J Qin, GW Lu, T Sakamoto, K Akahane, N Yamamoto… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate simultaneous multichannel wavelength
multicasting (MWM) and exclusive-OR logic gate multicasting (XOR-LGM) for three 10Gbps …

Interband four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers with ASE-enhanced gain recovery

PP Baveja, DN Maywar… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study, theoretically and experimentally, interband four-wave mixing in semiconductor
optical amplifiers whose gain recovery is accelerated by amplified spontaneous emission …

Performance comparison of using SOA and HNLF as FWM medium in a wavelength multicasting scheme with reduced polarization sensitivity

D Wang, TH Cheng, YK Yeo, Z Xu, Y Wang… - Journal of lightwave …, 2010 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate the practical all-optical wavelength multicasting
scheme based on the four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in both a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) …

Optimizing OSSB generation using semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for 5G millimeter wave switching

F Saadaoui, M Fathallah, AM Ragheb, MI Memon… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter waves (MMWs), operating at 30-300 GHz band, are very promising to the next-
generation 5G wireless communication systems, enabling data rates of multi Gbps per user …

Analysis of large-scale multi-stage all-optical packet switching routers

Q Xu, H Rastegarfar, YB M'sallem… - Journal of Optical …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
All-optical packet switching can overcome limitations of electronic switches in terms of power
consumption, speed, cost, and footprint. Switch architectures combining wavelength …

All-optical semiconductor optical amplifier-based wavelength converters with sub-mW pum**

PP Baveja, Y **ao, S Arora, GP Agrawal… - IEEE Photonics …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally study the wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s return-to-zero signal using
interband four-wave mixing inside a semiconductor optical amplifier with 10-ps gain …