基于半导体光放大器的交叉增益型波长转换器转换特性的研究

从理论和实验上研究了基于半导体光放大器的交叉增益型波长转换器的转换特性.实验研究了转换特性与信号调制格式、放大器增益的关系.利用大信号分析模型讨论了消光比、平均功率转换效率和交流转换效率等性能与平均抽运功率、探测功率及放大器增益特性之间的关系.结果表明,交流转换效率能综合消光比和平均功率转换效率两种指标,在转换器性能优化中有重要的作用 交叉增益型波长转换器输入动态范围较小,很难实现对信号调制格式透明 放大器的增益是取得最佳转换性能的关键 关键词：     

量子点半导体光放大器的波长转换效率

为提高全光波长转换器的波长转换效率,在量子点半导体光放大器(QD-SOA)波长转换特性研究的基础上,分别对基于交叉增益调制(XGM)效应和交叉相位调制(XPM)效应的全光波长转换器的转换效率进行了仿真分析。利用三能级QD-SOA模型并基于XGM型全光波长转换器,计算了输入脉冲宽度、有源区长度、损耗系数、最大增益模式和电子跃迁时间的变化对转换效率的影响。结果表明,减小输入脉冲宽度、损耗系数、电子跃迁时间和增加有源区长度、最大增益模式均可以提高全光波长转换器的转换效率。该研究对全光逻辑异或门的设计及QD-SOA的应用有一定的指导意义。     

基于LOA-XGM波长转换器消光比特性的数值分析

建立了基于一种新型光放大器（线性光放大器）的交叉增益调制波长转换理论模型.对交叉增益调制波长转换器同向工作方式下的输出消光比进行了分析,讨论了抽运光和探测光的波长和功率等参量对转换后信号消光比特性的影响.结果表明:随着抽运光波长的增加,波长转换器的输出消光比逐渐增大,但对于探测光波长的增加,消光比反而减小;增加抽运光功率和减小探测光功率都可以获得较大的消光比;波长向下转换时的消光比明显优于向上转换时的消光比.     

基于多电极单端耦合半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制型波长转换器

提出了一种新型的基于多电极单端耦合半导体光放大器(SOA)的交叉增益调制(XGM)型波长转换方案，并建立了这种波长转换器完整的宽带理论模型.通过数值模拟的方法，比较了基于多电极单端耦合SOA的XGM型波长转换和基于单电极单端SOA的XGM型波长转换的输出特性，结果表明前者的输出消光比优于后者，而且啁啾特性也略有改善. 关键词： 多电极 波长转换 单端耦合半导体光放大器 交叉增益调制 消光比 啁啾     

基于单端耦合SOA的波长转换器啁啾特性分析

提出了一种基于单端半导体光放大器（SOA）的交叉增益调制型（XGM）全光波长转换器结构, 并针对这种结构建立了动态理论模型, 以这个模型为基础分析了泵浦光功率、探测光功率、输出消光比、输入消光比对转换后信号啁啾的影响. 结果表明利用这种结构的波长转换器实现波长转换, 在提高输出消光比的同时也降低了转换光的啁啾, 较传统的波长转换器是一种改进.     

全光波长变换器消光比特性的理论研究

半导体光放大器（SOA）是具有优良非线性效应的光子器件，在光开关、波长变换、光逻辑运算中有重要的应用。从SOA载流子的速率方程和耦合波方程出发，建立了基于SOA的交叉增益调制波长变换理论模型，并利用分段模型分析方法，对SOA的交叉增益调制波长变换的消光比特性进行了详细的研究。研究结果表明，适当增大信号光功率、减小探测光功率并选择合适的波长差和SOA长度，可以有效地提高传输信号的消光比。     

新型结构可调谐全光波长转换器的理论与实验研究

可调谐波长转换器是智能化光网络中的关键光电子器件. 提出了一种基于半导体光放大器的环形激光器实现连续可调全光波长转换的方案，建立了该方案的理论模型. 理论计算和实际测定了不同条件下波长转换的输出特性，实验结果与理论计算基本符合. 实验中实现了40nm范围内连续可调、转换速率为2.5Gb/s的交叉增益调制型波长转换. 关键词： 可调谐波长转换 半导体光放大器 环形腔     

SOA动态增益特性的理论和实验研究

提出了SOA有效增益恢复时间的概念，同时推导了有效增益恢复时间的解析表达式.针对SOA在交叉增益调制型波长转换方面的应用，从理论上分析了注入电流、探测光功率、有源区长度对增益恢复时间的影响，实验测量了不同条件下SOA的增益恢复时间，实验结果与理论计算结果相符合. 关键词： 半导体光放大器 增益恢复时间 全光波长转换器     

基于量子点半导体光放大器全光波长变换特性

从光电集成电路的角度出发,根据量子点半导体光放大器(QD-SOA)中载流子跃迁速率方程和光场传输方程,建立了QD-SOA等效电路模型,并通过电路仿真的方法对QD-SOA的增益谱、饱和增益特性等进行了仿真和分析;利用QD-SOA的交叉增益调制研究了速率分别为40Gbps、100Gbps和160Gbps时的波长转换特性,并分析了不同的偏置电流、功率的信号光和探测光对输出信号消光比和Q值的影响,其转换速率可达到100Gbps,消光比ER约为10dB,Q值约为2.2.该研究对提高基于QD-SOA的交叉增益调制波长转换的性能具有指导意义.     

基于半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制效应实现2.5Gb/s归零码的全光波长变换

采用半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制进杆了2.SGb/s的归零码光脉冲的波长变换。向下波长变换间距大于20nm,向上波长变换间距大于10nm.对变换信号测量了接收机入纤功率和误码率的关系。对实验结果进行了分析,实验表明采用半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制效应对归者吗进行波长变换时存在着一些问题。     

半导体激光器实现波长转换的理论模型分析

作为自动交换光网络中的核心器件，全光波长转换器的研究是目前的热点。提出了基于半导体激光器实现波长转换的理论模型，采用小信号分析方法，利用速率方程求解了波长转换的频率调制响应特性。并初步研究了不同半导体激光器工作电流、码速、输入信号光功率、增益吸收系数条件对波长转换性能的影响。这对于优化基于半导体激光器的全光波长转换器有一定的参考价值。     

An optical multicast packet switching architecture shared with limited-range multi-wavelength converter and full-range wavelength converters

Optical packet switch with multicast capability can inspire a broad range of multipoint to multipoint applications in future optical networks. An optical multicast packet switching architecture, equipped with feedback shared small number of limited-range multi-wavelength converters (LMWCs) and output shared some full-range wavelength converters (FRWCs), is proposed for a wavelength-division multiplexed optical multicast network to improve multicast performance in the paper. The FRWCs are used to overcome the performance degradation in terms of packet loss probability due to only use LMWCs. In the architecture, the two converters are shared by all the multicast packets importing to the optical multicast switch node. A maximum bipartite matching with minimum edges weights strategy was designed to employ fewer wavelength converters and avoid useless degradation of optical signal quality for the architecture to improve the node performance. The simulation results show that the proposed architecture and its wavelength converter scheduling algorithm can reduce the multicast packet loss probability with relatively lesser wavelength conversion cost.     

Wavelength conversion in optical transport networks

The introduction of optical technology in the path layer of a transport network is analyzed; in particular, the impact of all-optical wavelength conversion is examined. Two basic optical cross-connect schemes based on space switching and on wave-length switching, respectively, and two types of wavelength converters are considered. The wavelength converters are, respectively, based on four-wave miring (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and on cross-phase modulation (XPM) obtained by two SOAs put in an interferometric configuration. An analysis of transmission performances of optical transport networks employing both types of wavelength conversion and both the node architectures is reported. The performances are evaluated by means of a system modeling that facilitates considering physical phenomena occurring during transmission and all the important transmission impairments. The analysis reveals that both the types of converters can be employed with different features and limitations, according to the considered network and switching architecture.     

Optical Nonlinearity in a Novel Optical Signal Regeneration System Based on Cross-Gain Modulation Using Cascaded Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

We propose a novel optical signal regeneration system based on wavelength converters by use of cross gain modulationin cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. The nonlinearity in optical input/output characteristics and eye opening using NRZ signal were archived.     

Field-trial evaluation of the Q-factor penalty introduced by fiber four-wave mixing wavelength converters

The performance of tunable all-optical wavelength converters based on four-wave mixing in optical fibers is experimentally tested in a field-trial network. Two converters were built with two different fibers. The first one was made with a small variation in the zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) dispersion shifted fiber and the second one with a highly nonlinear fiber that presents great ZDW variations. In order to compare the tuning ranges obtained in both cases we present an experimental spectral analysis. Numerical simulations that consider the influence of both the dispersion slope and the long-scale ZDW variations of the fiber complement the experiments. The tuning bandwidth was larger in the highly nonlinear fiber case. For a set of different optical signal-to-noise ratios, the measurements of the Q-factor of the signal and those of the converted wave are our main results. These results show that the penalty imposed by the converters is different for each converted wavelength. The maximum penalty obtained for the Q-factor was ∼6 dB, but it was ?3 dB for most cases. In all experiments we used a technique based on a dynamic polarization controller in order to avoid power fluctuations in the converted wave caused by polarization induced variations in the signal.     

Improvement of Input Power Dynamic Range for Wavelength Converters Based on Cross-Gain Modulation

A technique for improving the input power dynamic range of wavelength converters based on cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented.     

饱和吸收体实现波长转换的理论模型分析

作为自动交换光网络中的核心器件,全光波长转换器在网络中发挥着重要作用。基于半导体激光器速率方程,提出了新的基于饱和吸收体实现全光波长转换器的理论模型;并针对该理论模型,采用小信号分析方法讨论了波长转换的频率调制响应特性;数值求解了不同偏置电流、码速、输入信号光功率对波长转换性能的影响,对于实现和优化基于饱和吸收体的全光波长转换器有理论指导作用。     

Characteristics of the Wavelength Converted Signal in Wavelength Conversion Based on Cross-Gain Modulation

An analytical theory describing the frequency chirp characteristics of the wavelength converted signal in wavelength conversion based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is derived. By computation, we can see that low input pump power, high probe power, small line-width enhancement factor and low unsaturated single-pass gain of the SOA are favorable for reducing the frequency chirp of the wavelength converted signal. The analytical results have significance in understanding and designing wavelength converters.     

Migration of broadcast-and-select optical crossconnects from semi-static to dynamic reconfiguration and their physical layer modeling

Optical Crossconnects (OXC) are indispensable for the proliferation of broadband services. Next generation OXCs should be dynamically reconfigurable, to render the optical layer flexible and agile, cost competitive, in order to be a viable alternative to fully electronic solutions and multi-service, i.e. to be able to handle both optical circuits and packets equally well. In this work, an evolutionary migration scenario from semi-static to dynamically reconfigurable broadcast-and-select OXCs is presented. The cornerstone of this approach is modularity in both the node architecture and the corresponding functionality, since these two are inextricably linked. Here, the three evolutionary steps of a modular broadcast-and-select architecture are presented, their principle of operation is explained and their complexity is analyzed. The key building-blocks to implement these OXCs are optical switching elements operating in a gated mode and tunable wavelength converters. Concerning the physical performance of these architectures, an important consideration is that node capacity is traded for higher node cascadeability. This trade-off is studied extensively considering a combination of different switching technologies and optical components. Moreover, the 2R regenerative properties of the all-optical and optoelectronic wavelength converters play a key role in the node cascadeability assessment which is otherwise compromised by OSNR limitations. For this reason, analytical models providing an insight on how certain physical mechanisms are leading to performance degradation are used. The final assessment is made using a commercial simulation tool, allowing the derivation of conclusions for the size of the transparent islands.     

Theoretical and Experimental Study on all-optical Wavelength Converters Based on the Single-port-coupled SOA

We analyze the all-optical wavelength converter (AOWC)-based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a single-port-coupled (SPC) semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). A comprehensive dynamic model is developed by considering longitudinal variations of the carrier density, the residual rear-facet reflectivity of the SOA and the wide-band spontaneous noise emission. The numerical simulations for the novel wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s are presented based on the model. The extinction ratio (ER), conversion efficiency and pattern effect of the SPC-SOA-based wavelength converters are investigated, respectively. Compared with the traditional scheme of the double-portcoupled (DPC) SOA, the SPC-SOA scheme has better performance. We have obtained that the ER is higher than 10 dB with the pump wavelength turned over 15nm from experiments. The experimental results are in agreement with the simulation results.