• DocumentCode
    378440
  • Title

    Semiconductor optical amplifiers: a key technology to control the packet power variation

  • Author

    Chiaroni, D. ; Le Sauze, N. ; Zami, T. ; Emery, J.-Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Alcatel CIT, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    314
  • Abstract
    Semiconductor optical amplifiers have already been identified as a key technology for fast switching. We demonstrate that a proper exploitation of the saturation area can provide concrete solutions to control the power variations between consecutive packets.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical saturation; packet switching; power control; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; fast switching; optical packet switching; packet power variation; power equaliser; saturation area; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989644
  • Filename
    989644