High-speed All-optical Signal Processing using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Author

Yang, Xuelin ; Manning, Robert J. ; Webb, Rod P. ; Giller, Robin ; Gunning, Fatima ; Cotter, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

164

Abstract

We describe the operating principle and performance of the ´turbo-switch´, a new configuration of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) that gives an enhanced high-speed response for all-optical switching without compromising the optical signal-noise ratio. Error-free wavelength conversion is obtained at 170 Gb/s based on the use of an offset Mach-Zehnder interferometric filter incorporating a turbo-switch. We also describe a 42.6 Gb/s XOR gate based on a novel interferometer configuration containing SOAs

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical logic; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 170 Gbit/s; 42.6 Gbit/s; SOA; XOR gate; all-optical signal processing; all-optical switching; offset Mach-Zehnder interferometric filter; semiconductor optical amplifiers; turbo-switch; wavelength conversion; Band pass filters; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248363

Filename

4013759