TY - JOUR
T1 - Design analysis and performance optimization of a lyot filter for semiconductor optical amplifier pattern effect suppression
AU - Rizou, Zoe V.
AU - Zoiros, Kyriakos E.
AU - Hatziefremidis, Antonios
AU - Connelly, Michael J.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this paper, we analyze in detail, based on numerical modeling, the use of a Lyot filter to suppress the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) pattern effect. By formulating a robust design strategy, which is based on defining appropriate figures of merit and making the necessary tradeoffs between them, the filter performance can be optimized in terms of the wavelength spacing and detuning of its spectral response. The results obtained from this design procedure agree with experiment and enable us to accurately quantify to what degree the Lyot filter can resolve the SOA pattern effect problem.
AB - In this paper, we analyze in detail, based on numerical modeling, the use of a Lyot filter to suppress the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) pattern effect. By formulating a robust design strategy, which is based on defining appropriate figures of merit and making the necessary tradeoffs between them, the filter performance can be optimized in terms of the wavelength spacing and detuning of its spectral response. The results obtained from this design procedure agree with experiment and enable us to accurately quantify to what degree the Lyot filter can resolve the SOA pattern effect problem.
KW - Lyot filter
KW - numerical modeling
KW - pattern effect
KW - semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877842708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2250258
DO - 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2250258
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877842708
SN - 1077-260X
VL - 19
JO - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
IS - 5
M1 - 6472012
ER -