Title

Multiwavelength all-optical TDM switching using a semiconductor optical amplifier in a loop mirror

Authors

Authors

B. K. Mathason; H. Shi; I. Nitta; G. A. Alphonse; J. Abeles; J. C. Connolly;P. J. Delfyett

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.

Keywords

mode-locked semiconductor lasers; optical communications; optical; switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time-division multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing; LASER; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

We report simultaneous all-optical switching of multiple wavelengths using an optical loop mirror with an asymmetrically placed semiconductor optical amplifier, Switching is shown for 14-wavelength channels (across 14-nm bandwidth) with switching contrast of 10-23 dB.

Journal Title

Ieee Photonics Technology Letters

Volume

11

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/68.748225

Language

English

First Page

331

Last Page

333

WOS Identifier

WOS:000078795400011

ISSN

1041-1135

Recommended Citation

"Multiwavelength all-optical TDM switching using a semiconductor optical amplifier in a loop mirror" (1999). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2737.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2737