DocumentCode
448052
Title
Chirp limitation on Mach-Zehnder interferometer ultrafast switching employing semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author
Reading-Picopoulos, D. ; Yow, C.K. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
725
Abstract
We show for the first time that for a given switching pulse width, the maximum switching speed obtainable from a Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing semiconductor optical amplifiers is strongly dependent on the SOA chirp characteristics.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA chirp characteristics; chirp limitation; semiconductor optical amplifier; switching pulse width; switching speed; ultrafast switching; Arm; Chirp; Communication switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201902
Filename
1572968
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