Aigaion: RACTI / RU1 Technical Report Series (Web Based)

[RACTI-RU1-2004-53] Pleros, N., Bintjas, C, Kanellos, T, Vlachos, Kyriakos, Avramopoulos, Hercules and Guekos, G., Recipe for Intensity Modulation Reduction in SOA-Based Interferometric Switches, in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, volume 22, number 12, pages 2834-2841, 2004. [DOI]

Keywords:

All-optical signal processing, intensity modulation, interferometric switches, nonlinear transfer function, optical packet switching, optical regeneration, semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wavelength conversion

[RACTI-RU1-2005-66] Bakopoulos, , Tsiokos, D, Zouraraki, Olga, Avramopoulos, Hercules, Maxwell, G. and Poustie, A., Compact all-optical packet clock and data recovery circuit using generic integrated MZI switches, in: Optical Communications, volume 13, number 17, pages 6401-6406, 2005.
Abstract: We present and evaluate a compact, all-optical Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuit based on integrated Mach Zehnder interferometric switches. Successful operation for short packet-mode traffic of variable length and phase alignment is demonstrated. The acquired clock signal rises within 2 bits and decays within 15 bits, irrespective of packet length and phase. Error-free operation is demonstrated at 10 Gb/s.
[RACTI-RU1-2004-55] Pleros, N., Kanellos, T, Bintjas, C, Hatziefremidis, A. and Avramopoulos, Hercules, Optical Power Limiter Using a Saturated SOA-Based Interferometric Switch, in: Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, volume 16, number 10, pages 2350-2352, 2004. [DOI]
Abstract: We demonstrate an optical power limiter using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based interferometric gate powered by a strong continuous-wave input signal. We present a detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of the power limiting characteristics of saturated SOA-based switches, showing good agreement between theory and experiment.