Title :
Bandwidth enhancement of SOA-based switches using optical filtering: theory and experiment
Author :
Nielsen, Mads L. ; Mørk, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present the first small-signal response measurements on an all-optical DISC switch, and verify theoretical predictions of the large modulation bandwidth enhancing effect of optical filtering after an SOA.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical DISC switch; delayed-interference signal converter; modulation bandwidth; optical filtering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
