Title :
All-optical switching with SOA based devices
Author :
Teixeira, A. ; Silveira, T. ; André, P. ; Nogueira, R. ; Tosi-Bellefi, G. ; Monteiro, P. ; Da Rocha, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
Abstract :
In this paper, we observe all-optical switching capabilities of semiconductor optical amplifiers. Their most common properties and parameters used for all-optical switching are discussed and described. Some of the common implementations are presented and their advantages, drawbacks and enhancement techniques referred and discussed.
Keywords :
optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; cross gain modulation; cross phase modulation; four wave mixing; optical switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2005. Proceedings of CAOL 2005. Second International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9130-6
DOI :
10.1109/CAOL.2005.1553815
