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All optical add‐drop multiplexer by utilizing a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author(s) -
Jiang Yang,
Luo Xuan,
Hu Lin,
Wen Jianghong,
Li Yujin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25382
Subject(s) - multiplexer , optical amplifier , multiplexing , four wave mixing , gigabit , microwave , modulation (music) , computer science , wavelength division multiplexing , drop (telecommunication) , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , optics , physics , telecommunications , engineering , nonlinear optics , laser , wavelength , acoustics
A simple all‐optical add‐drop multiplexer scheme is presented by utilizing cross gain modulation (XGM) and four‐wave mixing (FWM) effects in a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). When the synchronized data stream and control signal is launched into a SOA, FWM generates the dropped channel, while XGM is used to clean the corresponding bit slots for adding new data. This function is demonstrated at 10 Gbit/s by simulation and experiment. Both of them show good performance. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1977–1980, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25382