Study of all-optical sampling using a semiconductor optical amplifier

Chen Wu; Yongjun Wang; Lina Wang; Fu Wang

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0354-4

Photonic Sensors (Aug 2016)

Study of all-optical sampling using a semiconductor optical amplifier

Chen Wu,
Yongjun Wang,
Lina Wang,
Fu Wang

Affiliations

Chen Wu: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Yongjun Wang: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Lina Wang: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Fu Wang: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-016-0354-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 37 – 43

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Abstract All-optical sampling is an important research content of all-optical signal processing. In recent years, the application of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in optical sampling has attracted lots of attention because of its small volume and large nonlinear coefficient. We propose an optical sampling model based on nonlinear polarization rotation effect of the SOA. The proposed scheme has the advantages of high sampling speed and small input pump power, and a transfer curve with good linearity was obtained through simulation. To evaluate the performance of sampling, we analyze the linearity and efficiency of sampling pulse considering the impact of pulse width and analog signal frequency. We achieve the sampling of analog signal to high frequency pulse and exchange the positions of probe light and pump light to study another sampling.

Published in Photonic Sensors

ISSN: 1674-9251 (Print); 2190-7439 (Online)
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.springer.com/13320

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