Semiconductor optical amplifier used as regenerator for degraded differential phase-shift keying signals

Phase and amplitude regeneration are necessary for degraded differential phase-shift keying communication systems.This paper proposes a regenerator based on semiconductor optical amplifier for differential phase-shift keying signals.The key regeneration mechanism is theoretically analysed.The effectiveness of semiconductor optical amplifier based regenerator is demonstrated by comparing the bit error rate and eye diagrams before and after regeneration for 40-Gbit/s differential phase-shift keying 1080-km transmission systems.The results show that regeneration effects are very well.Bit error rate is less than 10 12 with the regenerator.     

Optimization of regenerator based on semiconductor optical amplifier for degraded differential phase shift keying signal

Real time phase regeneration is necessary for degraded phase modulation format optical communication systems.A regenerator based on the discrimitive gain effect of a semiconductor optical amplifier was proposed in recent years.In this paper,for this type of regenerator,its optimal working condition is found by solving the dynamic equations which describe the variance of the optical field and carrier density in the semiconductor optical amplifier by the finite difference method.The results show that the optimal improvement of signal Q factor can reach more than 2.2 dB.     

光纤克尔门全光再生器特性分析

讨论了光纤克尔门再生器抑制输入光脉冲的加性噪声和脉冲中心抖动的机制，分析了再生器中各元件的配置对其抑制噪声能力的影响。指出根据通信线路中心的噪声特性，适当选择克尔门中色散位移光纤长度，可以大大抑制通信系统中的噪声，提高系统通信容量。     

A Novel All-optical Wavelength ConverterBased on Self-pump Four-wave Mixing

A novel scheme of all-optical wavelength converter(AOWC) based on dual pump four-wave mixing(DP-FWM) was demonstrated. To suppress the ASE noise of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), one of the two pumps was generated interiorly from a loop laser constructed mainly by tunable optical filter and SOA. The theoretical model and some experimental results were presented.     

A Novel All-optical Wavelength Converter Based on Self-pump Four-wave Mixing

A novel scheme of all-optical wavelength converter(AOWC) based on dual pump four-wave mixing(DP-FWM) was demonstrated. To suppress the ASE noise of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), one of the two pumps was generated interiorly from a loop laser constructed mainly by tunable optical filter and SOA. The theoretical model and some experimental results were presented.     

40 Gb/s信号全光3R再生实验

提出一种新型40 Gb/s全光3R再生器方案。采用高精细度法布里-珀罗滤波器进行时钟提取。时钟提取前,通过高稳定光源对输入信号光波长变换实现信号光波长和法布里-珀罗滤波器梳状窗口对准;时钟提取后,接半导体光放大器(SOA)进一步消除时钟信号噪声。全光判决中,采用双半导体光放大器串联增大非线性性能,提高了判决门的响应速度。判决输出接窄带滤波器去除脉冲啁啾拖尾,减小码型效应。实验中,恶化40 Gb/s光脉冲信号通过全光3R再生器可以得到再生脉冲。输入恶化信号时间抖动大于5 ps,脉冲宽度大于16 ps,再生得到的信号时间抖动小于1.5 ps。再生信号相对于输入信噪比改善14 dB。连续稳定工作记录大于15 h。通过实验验证,这种全光3R再生器方案成功地实现了40 Gb/s信号的再生。     

A Multi-Section Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Ultrabroad-Band Gain-Flattened Low-Noise Amplification

We propose an ultrabroad-band 1R regenerator utilizing a multi-section quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier.Due to the reduced electron states, quantum dot is beneficial in broadening the gain spectrum and lowering the noise figure. Combining this with a multi-section structure drastically improves the gain equality among the different bound states, leading to an increase in the maximum output power and an improvement of the noise figure.     

一种测量GaAs-GaAlAs行波激光放大器增益特性的实验方法

本文报导了一种测量光耦合效率η的新实验方法。这个方法是建立于p-n结短路光电流原理上的。本文推导出适合于行波激光放大器的光耦合效率的公式。短路光电流用一检流计测量,利用公式获得光耦合效率的实验值。利用实验所测光耦合效率,测量了行波激光放大器的增益随注入电流变化的规律,其结果和实验符合。另外本文还介绍了在脉冲注入电流条件下测行波半导体激光放大器增益的实验方法。     

Suppression of mode partition noise in a multiwavelength semiconductor laser through hybrid mode locking

We demonstrate the suppression of intensity fluctuations, which are known as mode partition noise, in a multiwavelength semiconductor laser by using a hybrid mode-locking scheme. The laser design incorporates a saturable absorber and a gain-modulated semiconductor optical amplifier, along with spectral filtering, in an external cavity to achieve multiwavelength hybrid mode locking. The mode-locked laser produces an error-free (pulse Q>13) 300-MHz optical pulse train in each of three wavelength channels.     

A model for noise processes in semiconductor laser amplifiers, part 1: the travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier

A new model for the noise processes in a travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier is presented. This model is based on applying perturbation techniques to the basic travelling-wave rate equations to deduce the noise rate equations. These equations are then used to calculate the power spectral densities of the intensity, electron density and phase noises introduced into a single signal mode propagating through the amplifier. The model can be applied to any gain profile within the amplifier, ranging from unsaturated to completely saturated. Furthermore, in contrast to most other semiconductor laser amplifier models, this model does not require the homogenization of the photon field over the length of the device.     

All-optical phase and amplitude regeneration of return-to-zero differential phase shift keying data

We report a novel implementation of an all-optical rephasing, reshaping, and reamplification differential phase shift keying (DPSK) regenerator. The rephasing is based on converting phase noise into amplitude noise by using an interferometric configuration and then eliminating the amplitude noise by using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The reshaping is performed using gain competition and gain compression in a saturated SOA. The scheme was tested using 10Gbit/s, 2(23)-1 pseudorandom bit sequence return-to-zero DPSK data. The measurement shows removal of the degraded data error floor with a 6 order-of-magnitude improvement in bit-error rate. The measured negative power penalty is about 4dB. Mathematical analysis shows a reduction in DPSK phase-noise power by half.     

半导体激光放大器的电路模型及噪声特性分析

给出了半导体激光（ＬＤ）放大器的电路模型，使得对半导体激光放大器的特性可以用通用电路分析软件进行分析。用该模型对谐振型光放大器光功率输出特性与失谐关系进行了模拟分析，模型的分析结果与已报道的理论和实验基本一致；用该模型还对谐振光放大器的噪声进行了分析。     

半导体光放大器的非简并时延四波混合理论

用二能级宽带模型研究了半导体光放大器(SOA)中非简并相共轭四波混合信号强度随时间延迟的变化规律。结果表明,对这种情形的非简并四波混合共轭信号强度随时间延迟τ变化表明为载流子脉动,且脉动信号以退相速率衰减。鉴于目前用简并四波混合对半导体光放大器超快过程的测量需要大功率激光器作激发源、大光学实验平台和复杂的探测设备的情况下,提出了基于全光通信器件构成非简并四波混合观测半导体光放大器载流子脉动、退相时间新方法,这不仅便于选取抽运与探测光源波长(光通信窗口波长),而且可使测试设备微型化。     

10 Gb/s全光3R再生的研究

报道了对10Gb／s恶化数据信号的全光3R(再放大、再定时、再整形)再生的实验研究。针对利用基于半导体光放大器的注入锁模环形激光器进行时钟恢复时的码型效应问题,提出了利用梳状滤波器对信号进行预处理。利用这个技术极大的减小了由于码型效应造成的时钟信号的幅度和时间抖动,从恶化的数据信号中恢复出无码型效应的高质量光时钟脉冲。信号整形的关键是光判决门,性能良好的判决门可以进一步提高信号的消光比、减小抖动。研究了基于电吸收调制器的信号再整形。利用上述器件构成的3R再生器,实现了10Gb／s恶化信号的全光3R再生。     

Multiple-Output Fiber-Ring Lasers and Amplifiers in a Hybrid CATV and ADSL Broadcasting Optical Fiber Communication System

In this article we propose two kinds of new fiber ring structure with a semiconductor optical amplifier. The first structure is a one-fiber-ring amplifier with an 8 × 8 fiber coupler and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The second fiber ring structure is a two-fiber-ring laser including an 8 × 8 fiber coupler, a 2 × 2 E/O modulator, and an SOA. The 14-output spectra of the fiber laser are measured. The gain coefficients of each port of the multiple-output-fiber-ring amplifiers are also measured. We apply these two kinds of fiber ring structures in a hybrid CATV and ADSL broadcasting optical fiber communication system. This application can develop a broadcasting system with large coverage area without using many laser diodes and optical amplifiers. The performance of such a system is also analyzed in this article.     

Multiple-Output Fiber-Ring Lasers and Amplifiers in a Hybrid CATV and ADSL Broadcasting Optical Fiber Communication System

In this article we propose two kinds of new fiber ring structure with a semiconductor optical amplifier. The first structure is a one-fiber-ring amplifier with an 8 × 8 fiber coupler and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The second fiber ring structure is a two-fiber-ring laser including an 8 × 8 fiber coupler, a 2 × 2 E/O modulator, and an SOA. The 14-output spectra of the fiber laser are measured. The gain coefficients of each port of the multiple-output-fiber-ring amplifiers are also measured. We apply these two kinds of fiber ring structures in a hybrid CATV and ADSL broadcasting optical fiber communication system. This application can develop a broadcasting system with large coverage area without using many laser diodes and optical amplifiers. The performance of such a system is also analyzed in this article.     

Performance of a dual-stage semiconductor laser amplifier for optical transmission repeater system

The performance of a dual-stage semiconductor laser amplifier consisting of a preamplifier and a power amplifier is evaluated theoretically and experimentally. The dual-stage optical amplifier can offer high-gain amplification with low noise figure by using a low-noise amplifier as a preamplifier. Using the dual-stage amplifier, 2.4 Gbits^–1 193 km optical fibre transmission was demonstrated. In addition, by applying an automatic power control system to the dual-stage amplifier, output power stabilization with wide dynamic range was obtained.     

Model for noise processes in semiconductor laser amplifiers:

A model for the noise processes in a Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser amplifier is presented. This model is based on the application of perturbation techniques to the travelling-wave rate equations for the amplifier. The model includes the effects of end-facet reflections and the backwards-travelling wave into the amplifier. The noise power spectral densities for the intensity, electron density and phase noise are derived. The model can be applied to an arbitrary gain profile and does not require homogenization of the photon field over the length of the device.     

色散效应对光纤自相位调制全光再生器性能的影响

针对基于光纤自相位调制效应的全光再生技术,分析了色散效应对再生器转移函数和Q因子改进量的影响以及再生器中色散和自相位调制的相互作用,提出一种通过改变再生器光纤结构实现转移函数平坦区改善的方法。数值结果表明:全光再生器中色散会抑制自相位调制引起的频谱展宽,使Q因子改进量减小;对于色散,非线性系数和长度等参量不同的光纤介质,如果色散与长度的乘积与最大非线性相移的比值一定,再生器的性能基本不变;在两段高非线性光纤间增加适当长度色散补偿光纤,可以改善转移函数平坦区,使平坦区范围显著增加。     

All-optical NOT and XOR logic operation at 2.5 Gb／s based on semiconductor optical amplifier loop mirror

All-optical XOR and NOT logic operations based on semiconductor optical amplifier loop mirror (SLALOM) aresimultaneously demonstrated theoretically and experimentally. Based on a segmented semiconductor optical amplifier model, the all-optical logic operation process is simulated theoretically. In an experimental study, 2.5 Gb/s all-optical XOR operation was achieved in the output port of SLALOM, while all-optical NOT operation was achieved in the input port through a circulator at the same time.