• DocumentCode
    712286
  • Title

    On the SOA cascadability and design rules for optical packet-switched networks

  • Author

    Mestre, M.A. ; Jenneve, P. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Ghazisaeidi, A. ; Bigo, S. ; de Valicourt, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally evaluate performances of QPSK, 8- and 16-QAM signals after traversing a long cascade of up to 50 SOAs and assess system design rules for an optical packet-switched SOA-based network.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; packet switching; performance evaluation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; QAM signals; QPSK; SOA cascadability; design rules; optical fiber networks; optical packet-switched networks; performance evaluation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; system design; Decision support systems; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying; Receivers; Roads; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121627