Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9785681 | Optics Communications | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Proposed in this paper is a novel scheme of packet-level self-synchronization with semiconductor-optical-amplifier-assisted asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI). The effect of cross-phase modulation and cross-gain modulation in SOAs coupled with the interfering characteristics of MZI are employed to make the proposal simple, fast and integrable, with no special treatment of the marker pulses. Through numerical simulation, with the system parameters designed properly, an intensity contrast ratio of more than 13Â dB at 100Â G/s can be achieved.
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Authors
Li Min, Niu Changliu, Zhang Min, Ye Peida,