Title :
A novel scalable photonic analog switch architecture based on semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Qian, Xin ; Hartmann, Peter ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H. ; Krug, William P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
We propose a novel semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based switch architecture for analog applications. Proof-of-principle experiments show that the system is very linear with an SFDR of approximately 100 dB·Hz23/ for a switching time of 50 μs. The port number of this switch is scalable and can be expanded to 80 × 80.
Keywords :
photonic switching systems; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; port number; scalable photonic analog switch architecture; semiconductor optical amplifiers; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2005. IEEE Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9111-X
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2005.1514138
