Analysis and Design of an Active Integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and External Feedback Loop for All-Optical Self-Switching

We investigate the spectral properties of an active integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA) inserted in its arms and provided with an external feedback loop. The whole system is described in the frame of an original extended Scattering Matrix Formalis...

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Hauptverfasser:	Boucher, Y.G., Fares, A.-F.
Format:	Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) Extended Transfer Matrix Formalism Feedback loop Generalized Transfer Function Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) Nonlinear optics Optical design Optical feedback Optical scattering Optical Switching Radiative recombination Scattering Parameters Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) Semiconductor optical amplifiers Spontaneous emission Stimulated emission Transfer functions
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Zusammenfassung:	We investigate the spectral properties of an active integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA) inserted in its arms and provided with an external feedback loop. The whole system is described in the frame of an original extended Scattering Matrix Formalism including internal sources, that takes into account the saturation of each active medium under the influence of both signal and Amplified Spontaneous Emission.
DOI:	10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684715