Characterisation of semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical regeneration

Minh Nguyet Ngo (1) , Mathilde Gay (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , Gwenaëlle Girault (1) , Quang Trung Le (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Romain Brenot (2) , Guang-Hua Duan (2) , Douglas A. Reid (3) , Liam P. Barry (3)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab
3 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering

We report on the characterisations of different semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) which are designed and fabricated for All-Optical Regeneration. Dynamic measurements in pump-probe configuration show short time response of around 50 ps. Chirp measurements by FROG technique are also reported. The characterisations demonstrate the potential of these components to be associated with interferometer and optical filtering in order to achieve regeneration functions at bit rates of 40 Gbit/s and above.

Mots clés: Semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical regeneration

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Minh Nguyet Ngo, Mathilde Gay, Laurent Bramerie, Gwenaëlle Girault, Quang Trung Le, et al.. Characterisation of semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical regeneration. International Workshop on Photonics and Applications 2008 (IWPA 2008), Sep 2008, Nha Trang, Vietnam. pp.B-35. ⟨hal-00490845⟩