• DocumentCode
    609027
  • Title

    Demonstration of cascaded operation of active-passive integrated 4×4 SOA switches with on-chip monitoring for power control and energy consumption optimization

  • Author

    Wang, Kangping ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Cascaded 4×4 SOA switches with on-chip power monitoring exhibit potential for low power 16×16 integrated switches. Cascaded operation at 10Gbit/s with an IPDR of 8.5dB and 79% lower power consumption than equivalent all-active switches is reported.
  • Keywords
    integrated optoelectronics; monitoring; optical switches; power consumption; power control; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication power management; IP detail record; IPDR; active-passive integrated 4×4 SOA switches; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded operation; energy consumption optimization; low power 16×16 integrated switches; on-chip power monitoring; power consumption; power control; Gain; Monitoring; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ports (Computers); Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6533167