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Semiconductor optical amplifier direct modulation with double-stage birefringent fiber loop

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The feasibility of cascading two birefringent fiber loops (BFLs) for directly modulating a conventional semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) at a faster data rate than that being possible by its limited electrical bandwidth is demonstrated for the first time. The experimental results reveal the improvements in the quality characteristics of the encoded signal compared to those achieved with a single-stage BFL. The observed trends are complemented by numerical simulations, which allow to investigate the impact of the double-stage BFL detuning and specify how this critical parameter must be selected for enhanced performance. Provided that it is properly tailored, the proposed optical notch filtering scheme efficiently compensates for the pattern-dependent SOA response and enables this element to be employed as intensity modulator with improved performance at enhanced data speeds.

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K.E. Zoiros acknowledges enlighting discussion with Dr. N. Pleros concerning overshoot measurements.

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    Present address: Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Université Laval, Québec, Canada

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  2. Lightwave Communications Research Group, Democritus University of Thrace, 67 100, Xanthi, Greece

    Zoe V. Rizou & Kyriakos E. Zoiros

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Engel, T., Rizou, Z.V., Zoiros, K.E. et al. Semiconductor optical amplifier direct modulation with double-stage birefringent fiber loop. Appl. Phys. B 122, 158 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6426-8

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