• DocumentCode
    1793391
  • Title

    Gain effect on the scalability of soa-based optical space switches

  • Author

    Liao, P. ; Zhang, Chenghui ; Lu, Xinyi ; Shafiei, M. Mir ; Cerutti, I. ; Andriolli, N. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Scalability is assessed by propagating WDM packets through multiple SOAs using a loop. Experimental results show that high SOA gain is more energy-efficient for single-stage space switch while low gain enhances the scalability of multi-stage architectures.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA-based optical space switch scalability; WDM packet propagation; gain effect; multistage architecture scalability enhancement; single-stage space switch; Gain; Logic gates; Optical noise; Optical switches; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.M3E.5
  • Filename
    6886600
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1793391