Title :
Impact of SOA gain saturation and dynamics on the throughput of optical burst switching nodes
Author :
Buchta, H. ; Patzak, E. ; Saniter, J. ; Raub, F.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Signal degradation limits the size and the throughput of optical burst switching nodes. By considering SOA gain saturation and dynamics by simulations and experimentally together with noise and crosstalk, architectures of burst switches are analyzed.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication switching; SOA gain saturation; optical burst switching node; optical crosstalk; signal degradation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
