DIONÍSIO, Rogério P.; NOGUEIRA, Rogério; TEIXEIRA, António (2014) - Parametric impairments analysis of all-optical format conversion techniques with a MZI-SOA. In International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2, Aveiro, 26 a 30 de maio. [Aveiro: SPIE] p. 1-10
10.1117/12.2061109
Title
Parametric impairments analysis of all-optical format conversion techniques with a MZI-SOA
Subject
QAM modulation All-optical processing Nonlinear system MZI-SOA
Date
2016-01-04T17:21:36Z 2016-01-04T17:21:36Z 2014
Description
This paper proposes a new methodology for the generation of quadrature amplitude modulation signals, based on all-optical processing from nonlinear interferometric devices. The degradation of the systems performance is numerically analyzed, as a function of operational parameter’s unbalance and physical impairments of the system. The results shows that the probe laser power and the coupling factor of optical couplers are the most sensitive parameters of the proposed format conversion system.