Interferometric all-optical switching using nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers biased at transparency

Author

Robinson, B.S. ; Hall, K.L.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

2

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated all-optical switching at 10 Gbits/s using nonlinearities in SOAs biased at transparency. This switch requires high input powers relative to switches based on SOAs biased in the gain regime, but degradation of the output signal as a result of saturation and carrier population effects may be reduced at transparency.

Keywords

electro-optical switches; optical communication equipment; optical saturation; semiconductor lasers; transparency; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical switching; carrier population effects; degradation; gain regime; high input powers; interferometric all-optical switching; optical nonlinearities; output signal; saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; transparency; transparency biased semiconductor lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675781

Filename

675781