TY - JOUR
T1 - Extinction ratio improvement by an all-optical signal regenerator with a semiconductor optical amplifier and a Sagnac loop
AU - Granot, Er'el
AU - Ben-Ezra, Shalva
AU - Zaibel, Reuven
AU - Chayet, Haim
AU - Narkiss, Niv
AU - Shahar, Nir
AU - Sternklar, Shmuel
AU - Tsadka, Sagie
AU - Prucnal, Paul R.
PY - 2006/10/1
Y1 - 2006/10/1
N2 - In this paper, we present the operation of an all-optical signal regenerator (AOSR). The AOSR is based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), which is incorporated in an asymmetric Sagnac loop (ASL). We show experimentally that the AOSR is capable of improving the input signal extinction ratio (ER) considerably. We present a theoretical model, which explains this improvement, and we illustrate a qualitatively similar behavior with a simulation.
AB - In this paper, we present the operation of an all-optical signal regenerator (AOSR). The AOSR is based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), which is incorporated in an asymmetric Sagnac loop (ASL). We show experimentally that the AOSR is capable of improving the input signal extinction ratio (ER) considerably. We present a theoretical model, which explains this improvement, and we illustrate a qualitatively similar behavior with a simulation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.04.021
DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.04.021
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AN - SCOPUS:33748454252
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 266
SP - 80
EP - 87
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
IS - 1
ER -