Title :
Photonic switch size limitations imposed by phase noise from semiconductor optical amplifier gates
Author :
Pires, Joao J. O. ; O´Mahony, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon
fDate :
8/31/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A possible way to design photonic switch matrices is by interconnecting multiple 2×2 switches based on semiconductor optical amplifier gates. The size of these matrices is limited by many phenomena including phase noise from the gates. The authors examine the limitations imposed by this noise in a system using DPSK direct detection
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical noise; optical switches; phase noise; semiconductor lasers; DPSK direct detection; interconnection; multiple 2x2 switches; phase noise; photonic switch matrices; semiconductor optical amplifier gates;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951053
