Title :
Optical power limiter using a saturated SOA-based interferometric switch
Author :
Pleros, N. ; Kanellos, G.T. ; Bintjas, C. ; Hatziefremidis, A. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optical power limiter using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based interferometric gate powered by a strong continuous-wave input signal. We present a detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of the power limiting characteristics of saturated SOA-based switches, showing good agreement between theory and experiment.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light interferometry; optical information processing; optical limiters; optical saturation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; optical power limiter; saturated SOA-based interferometric switch; semiconductor optical amplifier; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.833960
