The Cascadable Recirculating Buffer Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

摘要：

Optical buffer is an important component in optical switching and optical signal processing. In this paper, we present a novel all-optical buffer based on nonlinear polarization rotation induced by injection current of semiconductor optical amplifier. With Mueller matrix, we theoretically investigate the change of polarization state induced by nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier. The operation of the proposed optical buffer at 2.5Gb/s is experimentally setup. The loading and reading operations with 1024bit with this optical buffer are demonstrated. Polarization maintenance is taken into account to give the optimum operation condition

关键词： Optical buffer nonlinear polarization rotation principal states of polarizations semiconductor optical amplifier

作者: Mu Cheng Chongqing Wu Chao Song Rui Zhao Shuang Zhao Qin Wang

作者单位: Institute of Optical Information,Key Lab of Education Ministry on Luminescence and OpticalInformatio Institute of Optical Information,Key Lab of Education Ministry on Luminescence and Optical Informati

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008亚太光通信会议(Asia-Pacific Optical Communications 2008)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）