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Performance analysis of a cross-gain modulation (XGM) utilization in bulk-semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) based all-optical 2R regeneration scheme

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In this manuscript, we present a performance analysis of a cross-gain modulation (XGM) exploitation in bulk-type semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based all-optical 2R regeneration strategy. Performance evaluation is carried out for return-to-zero (RZ) as well as non-return-to-zero (NRZ) data for various signal line rates. Further, investigations through simulations have been carried out in order to determine optimum pump probe wavelength separation as well for the XGM in bulk-SOA-based 2R regeneration strategy. It has been shown that the XGM in SOA-based 2R regeneration scheme has the ability to work up to 50 Gbps line rates for RZ as well as NRZ pre-coded signals. It has been also demonstrated that there should be at least ~  ± 3 nm separation between pump and probe wavelengths for better eye-opening factor (EO%) performance for NRZ as well as RZ cases.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India

    Karamdeep Singh & Vrinda Gupta

  2. Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, 147001, India

    Gagandeep Kaur

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, 147001, India

    Manu Bansal

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Karamdeep Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Manu Bansal and Vrinda Gupta. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Karamdeep Singh, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Singh, K., Kaur, G., Bansal, M. et al. Performance analysis of a cross-gain modulation (XGM) utilization in bulk-semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) based all-optical 2R regeneration scheme. J Opt (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-023-01352-1

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