Integrable high order UWB pulse photonic generator based on cross phase modulation in a SOA-MZI

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a potentially integrable optical scheme to generate high order UWB pulses. The technique is based on exploiting the cross phase modulation generated in an InGaAsP Mach-Zehnder interferometer containing integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers, and is also adaptable to different pulse modulation formats through an optical processing unit which allows to control of the amplitude, polarity and time delay of the generated taps. (c) 2013 Optical Society of AmericaThe research leading to these results has been funded by the national project TEC2010-21303-C04-02 and TEC2011-26642 funded by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad and the projects FEDER UPVOV08-3E-008 and UPVOV10-3E-492. Miguel A. Muriel acknowledges Montse Aragon Castilla for her helpful assistance.Moreno, V.; Rius Mercado, M.; Mora Almerich, J.; Muriel Fernandez, MA.; Capmany Francoy, J. (2013). Integrable high order UWB pulse photonic generator based on cross phase modulation in a SOA-MZI. Optics Express. 21(19):22911-22917. doi:10.1364/OE.21.022911S2291122917211