Chirp limitation on Mach-Zehnder interferometer ultrafast switching employing semiconductor optical amplifiers

We show for the first time that for a given switching pulse width, the maximum switching speed obtainable from a Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing semiconductor optical amplifiers is strongly dependent on the SOA chirp characteristics. © 2005 Optical Society of America.

Chirp limitation on Mach-Zehnder interferometer ultrafast switching employing semiconductor optical amplifiers

We show for the first time that for a given switching pulse width, the maximum switching speed obtainable from a Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing semiconductor optical amplifiers is strongly dependent on the SOA chirp characteristics. © 2005 Optical Society of America.