Title :
SOAs for All-Optical Switching-Techniques for Increasing the Speed
Author :
Manning, Robert J. ; Giller, Robin ; Yang, Xuelin ; Webb, Roderick P. ; Cotter, David
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
Abstract :
This paper reviews some of the most recent methods for increasing the speed of operation of all-optical switches based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). We concentrate on two approaches; namely, methods to utilise the high-frequency tail of the nonlinear optical response of SOAs, and ways to reduce their gain recovery time.
Keywords :
optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical switching-techniques; gain recovery time; nonlinear optical response; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Filtering; Nonlinear filters; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shifting interferometry; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296193
