The impact of temperature on the sensitivity of the semiconductor optical intensifiers (SOAs) is a significant exploration point. Amer Kotb and his partners from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have interestingly explored the impact of high temperatures on the exhibition of different SOAs, including traditional SOAs, transporter repository (CR)-SOAs, intelligent SOAs (RSOAs), and photonic gem (PC)-SOAs at various velocities.
Related results were published in the Journal of Modern Optics.
Notwithstanding the benefits of the traditional mass SOA, it experiences a sluggish unique reaction that influences its exhibition at a high pace. In this way, the errand of Amer Kotb and his examination group was to track down appropriate other options.
In view of its innately quicker gain and stage reaction, CR-SOA, as an innovation approach, beats the reaction limit of standard SOA, permitting the execution of all-optical rationale tasks at a higher information pace of up to 120 Gb/s.
RSOA, then again, offers a greater number of benefits than a standard SOA due to its development; for example, higher optical increase and lower commotion figure at low infusion flows with energy-effective activity.
Besides, integrating PCs into a standard SOA gives it a quicker unique reaction, making it reasonable for super fast all-optical tasks up to 160 Gb/s.
As needs be, utilizing the above proposed plans, the analysts explored the exhibition of all-optical restrictive OR (XOR) rationale entryways at high working temperatures.
They settled the time-subordinate differential conditions for every enhancer and assessed the presentation of XOR tasks at various working temperatures. What’s more, the impact of working temperature on key working boundaries of every enhancer was likewise examined.
The outcomes show that the options, in contrast to customary mass SOAs, can work at high temperatures and accomplish OK execution that standard SOAs can’t.
More information: Amer Kotb et al, Temperature response of all-optical XOR logic function based on different semiconductor optical amplifiers, Journal of Modern Optics (2022). DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2022.2090630
