Title :
Compensation for patterning in SOA-based switches
Author :
Webb, R.P. ; Manning, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We propose a novel scheme employing complementary data inputs to overcome the patterning normally associated with semiconductor optical amplifier based switches and demonstrate the scheme experimentally at 42.6 Gb/s. The scheme not only avoids introducing patterning during switching, but also compensates for much of the patterning present on the input data.
Keywords :
compensation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-based switches; bit rate 42.6 Gbit/s; complementary data inputs; patterning; semiconductor optical amplifier based switches; two-gate circuit; Delay; Energy consumption; Interferometers; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Telecommunication switching; Patterning; all-optical logic; all-optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307742
