• DocumentCode
    2846814
  • Title

    Experimental validation of efficient methods for the prediction of patterning effects in SOA-based optical switches

  • Author

    Xu, Jing ; Ding, Yunhong ; Xue, Weiqi ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Seoane, Jorge ; Zsigri, Beáta ; Jeppesen, Palle ; Moerk, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally investigate and verify simple and efficient methods for characterizing the patterning effects (PE) of SOA-based optical switches. The onset of PE saturation is well predicted by the theory. An experimental method to capture the maximum PE is developed.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-based optical switches; patterning effects; semiconductor optical amplifier; Band pass filters; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621358
  • Filename
    5621358