LOSSLESS AND LOW-CROSSTALK CHARACTERISTICS IN AN INP-BASED 4 X 4 OPTICAL SWITCH WITH INTEGRATED SINGLE-STAGE OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

Authors
KIRIHARA T OGAWA M INOUE H KODERA H ISHIDA K
Citation
T. Kirihara et al., LOSSLESS AND LOW-CROSSTALK CHARACTERISTICS IN AN INP-BASED 4 X 4 OPTICAL SWITCH WITH INTEGRATED SINGLE-STAGE OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(2), 1994, pp. 218-221
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
218 - 221
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:2<218:LALCIA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report for the first time a successful operation of a 4 x 4 optical switch. A novel structure is utilized to achieve lossless and extreme ly low crosstalk characteristics. Sixteen of carrier-injection type op tical single-slip-structure (S3) switch with traveling-wave amplifier (COSTA) are monolithically integrated in 4 x 4 crossbar configuration on an InP substrate. A fiber-to-fiber gain of 5 dB and an ON/OFF ratio of 54 dB have been demonstrated using this structure. We believe this switch structure has a potential to be employed in a large scale phot onic switching system where low loss and low crosstalk are critical re quirements.