A novel scalable photonic analog switch architecture based on semiconductor optical amplifiers

We propose a novel semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based switch architecture for analog applications. Proof-of-principle experiments show that the system is very linear with an SFDR of approximately 100dB·Hz 2/3 for a switching time of 50μs. The port number of this switch is scalable and can be expanded to 80 × 80.

Experimental analysis of SCM-based transmission over 500 m of FDDI-grade multimode fiber with enhancement from electronic equalization

Experimental analysis is applied for the first time to identify optimal launch conditions and carrier frequencies for SCM transmission over worst-case MMF. Potential for performance enhancement using electronic equalization is demonstrated for the first time. © 2006 Optical Society of America.