Title :
Novel SOA-based switch for multiple radio-over-fiber service applications
Author :
Qian, Xin ; Lin, Tao ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
An all-optical 3×3 SOA-based switch is demonstrated for routing radio-over-fiber signals. It is demonstrated that different RF signals, such as terrestrial digital TV and wireless LAN, can be routed simultaneously with a switching guard-band of only 500 ns.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; SOA-based switch; multiple radio-over-fiber service applications; routing radio-over-fiber signals; Communication switching; Digital TV; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Radar antennas; Radio frequency; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215805
