• DocumentCode
    973947
  • Title

    Impact of crosstalk induced beat noise on the size of semiconductor laser amplifier based optical space switch structures

  • Author

    Yang, S. ; Yao, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Tech. Res. Centre, Shenzhen Univ., China
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    894
  • Lastpage
    896
  • Abstract
    The size limitation of a semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) based optical matrix-vector multiplier (MVM) switch structure arising from amplifier noise and crosstalk is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Computer simulation reveals that the number of input/output channels in such a switch structure may be limited to less than 60/spl times/60 if the contrast ratio of each SLA is 20 dB or lower.
  • Keywords
    laser noise; optical crosstalk; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; beat noise; computer simulation; contrast ratio; crosstalk; matrix-vector multiplier; optical space switch; semiconductor laser amplifier; Computer simulation; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical crosstalk; Optical noise; Optical switches; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.502262
  • Filename
    502262