DocumentCode
467430
Title
SOAs for All-Optical Switching-Techniques for Increasing the Speed
Author
Manning, Robert J. ; Giller, Robin ; Yang, Xuelin ; Webb, Roderick P. ; Cotter, David
Author_Institution
Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
Volume
2
fYear
2007
fDate
1-5 July 2007
Firstpage
239
Lastpage
242
Abstract
This paper reviews some of the most recent methods for increasing the speed of operation of all-optical switches based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). We concentrate on two approaches; namely, methods to utilise the high-frequency tail of the nonlinear optical response of SOAs, and ways to reduce their gain recovery time.
Keywords
optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical switching-techniques; gain recovery time; nonlinear optical response; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Filtering; Nonlinear filters; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shifting interferometry; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-1249-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296193
Filename
4296193
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