A novel SOA-based crosspoint switch for mixed signal distribution

Author

Qian, Xin ; Li, Sheng ; Lin, Tao ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A 3times3 SOA-based switch is demonstrated for routing both radio-over-fiber and digital signals simultaneously. High extinction ratio digital baseband signals are transmitted and sufficient linearity is found for high performance RF signal distribution.

Keywords

microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; SOA-based crosspoint switch; high-extinction ratio digital baseband signals; high-performance RF signal distribution; mixed signal distribution; network routing; radio-over-fiber; Band pass filters; Baseband; Communication switching; Optical distortion; Optical switches; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Telecommunication switching; (060.1810) Couplers, switches, and multiplexers; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628531

Filename

4628531