UWB Monocycle Generator Based on the Non-Linear Effects of an SOA-Integrated Structure

In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel and single structure to generate ultra-wideband pulses by means of the cross-phase modulation present in a semiconductor optical amplifier unified structure. The key components of this system is an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferomete...

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Autores: Moreno, Vanessa, Rius Mercado, Manuel, Muriel, Miguel A., Mora Almerich, José|||0000-0002-2877-4118, Capmany Francoy, José|||0000-0002-6460-4167
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/57074
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/57074
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microwave photonics
Optical interferometry
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Ultra wideband technology
Optical communications
UWB
MONOCYCLE
GENERATOR
PHOTONICS
SOA
TEORIA DE LA SEÑAL Y COMUNICACIONES
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Sumario:In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel and single structure to generate ultra-wideband pulses by means of the cross-phase modulation present in a semiconductor optical amplifier unified structure. The key components of this system is an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two SOAs and an optical processing unit. The fusion of these two components permits the generation and customization of UWB monocycle pulses. The polarity of the output pulses is easily modified through the single selection of a specific input port. Moreover, the capacity of transmitting several data sequences is demonstrated and the potentiality to adapt the system to different modulation formats is analyzed.