• DocumentCode
    3527060
  • Title

    Demonstration of an SOA Efficient 32??32 Optical Switch for Radio Over Fiber Distribution Systems

  • Author

    Crisp, Michael ; Aw, E.T. ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A 32x32 optical RoF switch is demonstrated. A 13 dB input dynamic range with acceptable EVM and, using open loop control, an input dynamic range of 10 dB with 1 dB variation in output RF power is achieved.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EVM; SOA; open loop control; optical RoF switch; optical switch; radio over fiber; Band pass filters; Isolators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528511
  • Filename
    4528511