A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURATION FOR REDUCING THE OUTPUT NOISE IN AN ALL-OPTICAL SPACE-SWITCHING STRUCTURE

Authors
GARCIA MM UTTAMCHANDANI D
Citation
Mm. Garcia et D. Uttamchandani, A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURATION FOR REDUCING THE OUTPUT NOISE IN AN ALL-OPTICAL SPACE-SWITCHING STRUCTURE, Microwave and optical technology letters, 16(6), 1997, pp. 364-368
Citations number
9
Journal title
Microwave and optical technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08952477
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
364 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-2477(1997)16:6<364:ASOACF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A configuration of a switching fabric based on semiconductor optical a mplifiers (SOAs) is presented. This configuration has an output noise (ASE) almost independent of the number of input/output ports of the sw itch, allowing more fabrics to be cascaded. The large gain required by each SOA can be overcome by distributing the gain over several stages . (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.