8-Channels, 10-Gbit/s operation of a clamped-gain semiconductor optical amplifier gate

Author

Soulage, G. ; Doussiere, P. ; Jourdan, A. ; Sotom, M.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Summary form only given. Wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) photonic transport networks with all-optical routing nodes based on space and wavelength switching are studied currently by several laboratories. For space switching, semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) constitute very attractive optical gates because they can offer gain to compensate for splitting losses as well as high ON/OFF ratio. In addition, by gain clamping techniques, system penalties due to cross-saturation-induced inter channel cross talk can be drastically reduced. We have experimented with a new type of clamped-gain SOA based on a DBR laser structure, which improves its system performance.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical switches; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical losses; optical saturation; photonic switching systems; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; Gbit/s operation; WDM photonic transport networks; all-optical routing nodes; clamped-gain semiconductor optical amplifier gate; semiconductor optical amplifiers; space switching; wavelength switching; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Clamps; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laboratories; Optical losses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; System performance; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864286