Numerically Simulated Comparison of RF Frequencies Generation by Up-conversion using Photonic Mixing in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Filipe Lopes Tenreiro da Silva; Ricardo Marques Ribeiro; Bárbara Dumas Feris; Ammar Sharaiha; Thierry Rampone

doi:10.14209/sbrt.2023.1570923752

Numerically Simulated Comparison of RF Frequencies Generation by Up-conversion using Photonic Mixing in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Filipe Lopes Tenreiro da Silva, Ricardo Marques Ribeiro, Bárbara Dumas Feris, Ammar Sharaiha, Thierry Rampone

DOI: 10.14209/sbrt.2023.1570923752

Evento: XLI Simpósio Brasileiro de Telecomunicações e Processamento de Sinais (SBrT2023)

Keywords: Cross-gain modulation (XGM) Photonic mixing Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) Up-conversion frequency

Abstract

This work deals with the use of a single SOA and a MZI-SOA as devices to perform photonic mixing and then RF generation by frequency up-conversion. Although the devices are photonic, the Advanced System Design (ADS) software is used to numerically simulate the converted RF gain and Cross Gain Modulation/Cross Phase Modulation (XGM/XPM) bandwidth. The simulations were carried out as function of bias current by mixing two optical input signals with wavelengths around 1550 nm. Finally, a comparison between both devices showed that the SOA-MZI resulted in 1dB higher on average than single-SOA in RF conversion gain.

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