Nonlinear distortion and spurious-free dynamic range of a tunable delay line based on slow light in SOA

Perrine Berger; Jérôme Bourderionnet; Mehdi Alouini; Fabien Bretenaker; Daniel Dolfi

doi:10.1117/12.840933

Nonlinear distortion and spurious-free dynamic range of a tunable delay line based on slow light in SOA

Perrine Berger
, Jérôme Bourderionnet
, Mehdi Alouini
, Fabien Bretenaker
, Daniel Dolfi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We developed a predictive model describing harmonic generation and intermodulation distortions in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). This model takes into account the variations of the saturation parameters along the propagation axis inside the SOA, and uses a rigorous expression of the gain oscillations harmonics. We derived the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of a slow light delay line based on coherent population oscillation (CPO) effects, in a frequency range covering radar applications (from 40 kHz up to 30 GHz), and for a large range of injected currents. The influence of the high order distortions in the input microwave spectrum is discussed, and in particular, an interpretation of the SFDR improvement of a Mach-Zehnder modulator by CPOs effects in a SOA is given.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Slow and Fast Light III
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840933
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	Advances in Slow and Fast Light III - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 25 Jan 2010 → 26 Jan 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7612
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Advances in Slow and Fast Light III
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	25/01/10 → 26/01/10

Keywords

Analog optical signal processing
Nonlinear wave mixing
Semiconductor optical amplifiers

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Berger, P, Bourderionnet, J, Alouini, M, Bretenaker, F & Dolfi, D 2010, Nonlinear distortion and spurious-free dynamic range of a tunable delay line based on slow light in SOA. in Advances in Slow and Fast Light III., 76120S, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7612, Advances in Slow and Fast Light III, San Francisco, CA, United States, 25/01/10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840933

Nonlinear distortion and spurious-free dynamic range of a tunable delay line based on slow light in SOA. / Berger, Perrine; Bourderionnet, Jérôme; Alouini, Mehdi et al.
Advances in Slow and Fast Light III. 2010. 76120S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7612).

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