• DocumentCode
    511611
  • Title

    Demonstration of a lossless monolithic 16 x16 QW SOA switch

  • Author

    Wang, H. ; Wonfor, A. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, Rv ; White, I.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Photonic Systems, Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FA, UK
  • Volume
    2009-Supplement
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    10Gb/s error-free operation of the first monolithic 16×16 quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier switch is demonstrated. The switch has a 2dB facet-to-facet gain and a minimum power penalty of 2.5dB.
  • Keywords
    Error-free operation; Etching; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5395714