Abstract
The stability of the extinction ratio of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was assessed with variations in the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) bias currents, as well as with the wavelength and the power of the pump and probe. The operating bias used concludes that the wavelength sensitivity of MZI is significantly lower than the sensitivity to the powers of input signals. Furthermore, closely spaced WDM channels could share the same MZI and still have similar extinction ratio (ER) performance across wavelength.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series |
| Editors | Anon |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 218-219 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Optical Fiber Communications - Dallas, TX, USA Duration: Feb 16 1997 → Feb 21 1997 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Optical Fiber Communications |
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| City | Dallas, TX, USA |
| Period | 2/16/97 → 2/21/97 |