OPTICAL SELF-ROUTING SWITCH USING VERTICAL TO SURFACE TRANSMISSION ELECTROPHOTONIC DEVICES WITH TRANSMISSION-LIGHT AMPLIFICATION FUNCTION

被引:8
作者
NUMAI, T
OGURA, I
KOSAKA, H
SUGIMOTO, M
TASHIRO, Y
KASAHARA, K
机构
[1] Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
关键词
OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTOELECTRONICS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910381
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A unique optical self-routing switch, which uses laser mode vertical to surface transmission electrophotonic (VSTEP) devices, is proposed. This optical self-routing switch, in which the light input itself determines the output port by switching on VSTEPs, has a high internal optical gain of more than 20 dB and a wavelength filtering function. The light extinction ratio for the data signals between the on and off state is larger than 30 dB.
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页码:605 / 607
页数:3
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