• DocumentCode
    3032869
  • Title

    Cross-port cross gain modulation in active MMI

  • Author

    Ibrahim, Salah ; Takeda, Koji ; Song, Xueliang ; Sugiyama, Masakazu ; Nakano, Yoshiaki

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-7 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Cross gain modulation between two different optical signals, inserted through separate ports to an active MMI, has been experimentally measured. The observed trend of modulation reduction by increase of modulated signal power matches previous simulation results. An associated XPM is expected and could be optimized to enable using the active MMI in all-optical switching.
  • Keywords
    light interferometry; optical modulation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; active MMI; all-optical switching; associated XPM; cross-port cross gain modulation; multimode interferometry; signal power modulation; Etching; Gain measurement; Indium phosphide; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Active MMI; XGM; all-optical switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4326-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-8855-2228-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2008.4804209
  • Filename
    4804209