Title :
Experimental study on dynamic range of SOA switch for Multi-Wavelength Optical Packet Switching
Author :
Hui, Li ; Imaizumi, Hideaki ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Nakano, Yoshiaki ; Morikawa, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we study on the input power dynamic range of SOA switches for MW-OPS. Power penalty are presented with approximately 15 dB dynamic range for 16 wavelengths at an optical gain of 5 dB.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MW-OPS; SOA switch dynamic range; input power dynamic range; multiwavelength optical packet switching; optical gain; power penalty; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Multi-Wavelength Optical Packet Switching (MW-OPS); dynamic range; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) switch;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307739
