Evaluation and optimization of SOA-based UNI Q-factor

Proceedings of 2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 271-274

  Zoiros, K E ^a   Botsiaris, C ^a   Chasioti, R ^a   Koukourlis, C S ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical signal processing; all optical switching; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Q factor; numerical simulation; Ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; COMPREHENSIVE MODELS; CRITICAL PARAMETERS; DESIGN RULES; HIGH SPEEDS; INPUT DATUMS; PERFORMANCE METRIC; PSEUDORANDOM BINARY SEQUENCES; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETER (UNI);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 48349135095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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