Title :
Demonstration of cascaded operation of active-passive integrated 4×4 SOA switches with on-chip monitoring for power control and energy consumption optimization
Author :
Wang, Kangping ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Cascaded 4×4 SOA switches with on-chip power monitoring exhibit potential for low power 16×16 integrated switches. Cascaded operation at 10Gbit/s with an IPDR of 8.5dB and 79% lower power consumption than equivalent all-active switches is reported.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; monitoring; optical switches; power consumption; power control; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication power management; IP detail record; IPDR; active-passive integrated 4×4 SOA switches; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded operation; energy consumption optimization; low power 16×16 integrated switches; on-chip power monitoring; power consumption; power control; Gain; Monitoring; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ports (Computers); Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
