Fast optical amplifier gate array for WDM routing and switching applications

Author

Dorgeuille, F. ; Lavigne, Bruno ; Emery, J.Y. ; Di Maggio, M. ; Le Bris, J. ; Chiaroni, D. ; Renaud, Martin ; Baucknecht, R. ; Schneibel, H.P. ; Graf, Christian ; Melchior, H.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

44

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently, arrays of four clamped gain semiconductor optical amplifiers (CG-SOAs) which were fully packaged have been reported with excellent performances using bulk tensile strained active material. Here we believe we present for the first time subnanosecond switching of such a four CG-SOA array driven by integrated InP HBT drivers.

Keywords

semiconductor laser arrays; InP HBT drivers; WDM routing; bulk tensile strained active material; clamped gain semiconductor optical amplifier arrays; fast semiconductor optical amplifier gate array; fully packaged; laser drivers; subnanosecond switching; switching applications; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical materials; Performance gain; Routing; Semiconductor device packaging; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657189

Filename

657189