Comparison of gain clamped and conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers for fast all-optical switching

Vyrsokinos, K; Toptchiyski, G; Petermann, K

dc.contributor.author	Vyrsokinos, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Toptchiyski, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Petermann, K	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:17:38Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:17:38Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0733-8724	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14596
dc.subject	Gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers	en
dc.subject	Nonlinear optics	en
dc.subject	Optical demultiplexing	en
dc.subject	Switching windows	en
dc.subject	Ultrafast carrier dynamics	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Demultiplexing	en
dc.subject.other	Interferometers	en
dc.subject.other	Mirrors	en
dc.subject.other	Nonlinear optics	en
dc.subject.other	Optical switches	en
dc.subject.other	Optical pulses	en
dc.subject.other	Light amplifiers	en
dc.title	Comparison of gain clamped and conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers for fast all-optical switching	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/JLT.2002.804022	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2002.804022	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	This paper reports computer simulation results to compare a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) when the two arms of it operate with gain-clamped and conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers (gcSOA and convSOA, respectively) for fast all-optical switching. The comparison is for demultiplexing optical pulses from 160 Gb/s to the base rate of 10 Gb/s or 40 Gb/s. The gain dynamics of the gcSOA is presented, the switching windows at the drop port of the MZI for both cases that were referred before and finally an evaluation of them is discussed.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Lightwave Technology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/JLT.2002.804022	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000180351900006	en
dc.identifier.volume	20	en
dc.identifier.issue	10	en
dc.identifier.spage	1839	en
dc.identifier.epage	1846	en