A novel optical decision circuit based on a Mach-Zehnder or Michelson interferometer and gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引:10
作者
Morthier, G [1 ]
Sun, JY [1 ]
Gyselings, T [1 ]
Baets, R [1 ]
机构
[1] State Univ Ghent, Dept Informat Technol, IMEC, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
关键词
optical communication; optical pulse shaping; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
D O I
10.1109/68.701536
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel optical decision circuit based on a Mach-Zehnder or Michelson interferometer with a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier in each arm is proposed. Simulation results show that the component, of which the decision threshold can easily be modified through adjustment of the currents in both amplifiers, exhibits excellent reshaping capacities.
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页码:1162 / 1164
页数:3
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