Summary
Optoelectronics and Communications Conference/International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication
2007
Session Number:12P
Session:
Number:12P-24
A Simple Optical Power Limiter for 40 GHz Pulses based on SOA Saturation
G. Contestabile, M. Presi, R. Proietti, N. Calabretta, E. Ciaramella,
pp.500-501
Publication Date:2007/7/9
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
We experimentally characterize a simple optical power limiter made by an SOA and a bandpass-filter working on 40GHz pulses. We find a very large (25-33dB) amplitude- modulation-reduction factor for input modulating frequencies in the range 100kHz-1GHz.