Efficient dynamic modeling of the reflective semiconductor optical amplifier

Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) is considered a strong candidate to play an important role in realizing the next generation wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network, based on the wavelength reuse concept. Therefore, an accurate and efficient modeling of RSOA is of significant importance. We present a time-domain wideband model for simulation of spatial and temporal distribution of photons and carriers in a bulk RSOA. We provide a novel approach for efficient amplified spontaneous emission modeling, considering a tradeoff between the accuracy and the computational efficiency. The multiobjective genetic algorithm is utilized for parameter extraction. Experimental validation has been performed for continuous wave input, nonreturn to zero (NRZ) on-off keying, and quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) signaling pulses up to 40 Gb/s of bit rate, in both amplification and remodulation regimes. We further present systematic performance evaluation under remodulation scenario. Saturation, noise, chirp, and signal broadening are successfully predicted, while reducing the computational time compared to other wideband models. © 2013 IEEE.