Chirp reduction in quantum dot-like semiconductor optical amplifiers

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Brenot, R.; Provost, J.-G.; Legouezigou, O.; Pommereau, F.; Poingt, F.; Legouezigou, L.; Derouin, E.; Drisse, O.; Rousseau, B.; Martin, F.; Lelarge, F.; Duan, G. H. (Alcatel-Thals III-V Lab, Route dpartementale 128, 91767 Palaiseau)
Manzanedo, M. D. (Grupo de Comunicaciones pticas, ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract:
The chirp induced by saturated quantum dot SOA is carefully studied. It is demonstrated that circular dots allow for 50 km of transmission at 10 Gb/s, even upon saturation.