Title :
Gain effect on the scalability of soa-based optical space switches
Author :
Liao, P. ; Zhang, Chenghui ; Lu, Xinyi ; Shafiei, M. Mir ; Cerutti, I. ; Andriolli, N. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Scalability is assessed by propagating WDM packets through multiple SOAs using a loop. Experimental results show that high SOA gain is more energy-efficient for single-stage space switch while low gain enhances the scalability of multi-stage architectures.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA-based optical space switch scalability; WDM packet propagation; gain effect; multistage architecture scalability enhancement; single-stage space switch; Gain; Logic gates; Optical noise; Optical switches; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M3E.5
