Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel scheme that exploits cross-gain modulation (XGM) in semiconductor optical
amplifiers (SOAs) without overall pattern effects. This technique uses two signals with reversed-intensity
modulation and different wavelength to exploit propagation and gain-compression dynamics in gain-saturated SOAs at
almost constant overall input power. The resulting cross-gain-compression mechanism between copropagating waves can
lead to all-optical waveform reshaping. By using this technique, we experimentally demonstrate enhanced wavelength
conversion by XGM and wavelength-preserving noise compression at 10 Gb/s.
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