1.28 Tbit/s throughput 8×8 optical switch based on arrays of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier gates

Autor: Anton Ambrosy, F. Dorgeuiele, Francois Boubal, Jean-Paul Faure, Ludovic Noirie, S. Rabaron, Michael Schilling, Claude Artigue
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Technical Digest Postconference Edition. Trends in Optics and Photonics Vol.37 (IEEE Cat. No. 00CH37079).
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2000.869463
Popis: We report here, to our knowledge, on the first demonstration of a modular 8/spl times/8 optical switch built with opto-hybrid 8/spl times/1 SOA-based space switch modules. A WDM experiment shows that this 8 x 8 optical switch offers a potential of 1.28 Tbit/s throughput.
Databáze: OpenAIRE