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Performance evaluation of an all-optical multicasting strategy based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

KARAMDEEP SINGH1,* , PRABHDEEP KAUR1, SUNIL KUMAR SINGLA2, GAGANDEEP KAUR2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Electronics Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India
  2. Department of Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, 147001, India

Abstract

In this paper, performance of an all-optical multicasting strategy based on harnessing of gain nonlinearity characteristics of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been evaluated for variety of configurations structured around 4 probe channel spacings. The proposed strategy is very simple as only a single SOA has been deployed in realization purposes. Simulation results in terms of the designated performance metric: Quality factor (Q-factor), demonstrate proposed strategy’s capability to multicast an approaching optical signal (3 nm at 40 Gbps, 2 nm at 40 Gbps, 1 nm at 30 Gbps and 0.5 nm at 20 Gbps) onto outgoing signals utilizing XGM property of SOA.

Keywords

Nonlinear optics, Cross-gain modulation (XGM), Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), All-optical Multicasting, Wavelength conversion.

Citation

KARAMDEEP SINGH, PRABHDEEP KAUR, SUNIL KUMAR SINGLA, GAGANDEEP KAUR, Performance evaluation of an all-optical multicasting strategy based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 14, 1-2, January-February 2020, pp.29-36 (2020).

Submitted at: July 24, 2019

Accepted at: Feb. 17, 2020