Title :
Chirp limitation on Mach-Zehnder interferometer ultrafast switching employing semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Reading-Picopoulos, D. ; Yow, C.K. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
We show for the first time that for a given switching pulse width, the maximum switching speed obtainable from a Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing semiconductor optical amplifiers is strongly dependent on the SOA chirp characteristics.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA chirp characteristics; chirp limitation; semiconductor optical amplifier; switching pulse width; switching speed; ultrafast switching; Arm; Chirp; Communication switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201902
