Title :
Efficient Performance Optimization for Ultrafast All-Optical Switching in SOA-MZI Devices
Author :
Wang, Jade P. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Savage, Shelby J. ; Hamilton, Scott A. ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Mu, Ruomei ; Wang, Hongsheng ; Sarathy, Jiten ; Stefanov, Boris B.
Abstract :
We present a simple method for optimization of ultrafast switching performance in semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) devices. By simultaneously measuring switching dynamics over all possible interferometer bias points, we acquire an extinction map which accurately identifies operating conditions for high extinction and optimal switching.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; extinction; interferometer bias points; semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer devices; ultrafast all-optical switching; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimization; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Switches; Telecommunication switching; Ultrafast optics; Integrated optical devices; all-optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300755
