Filter-Free Wavelength Conversion Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Integrated Multimode Interference Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

We propose a filter-free wavelength conversion using a
Mach-Zehnder interferometer with monolithically
integrated 2×2 multimode interference semiconductor
optical amplifiers (MMI-SOAs). The device has been
optimized by considering a non-homogeneous carrier
distribution due to the self-imaging properties of the MMISOA.
Static measurements show an extinction ratio of up
to 18 dB and an input signal rejection ratio of up to 20 dB.

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