Title :
Demonstration of a lossless monolithic 16 x16 QW SOA switch
Author :
Wang, H. ; Wonfor, A. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, Rv ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Photonic Systems, Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FA, UK
Abstract :
10Gb/s error-free operation of the first monolithic 16×16 quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier switch is demonstrated. The switch has a 2dB facet-to-facet gain and a minimum power penalty of 2.5dB.
Keywords :
Error-free operation; Etching; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
