Electronics Letters · 1988 · 14 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPhotonicsOptical AmplifiersOptical Communication SystemsOptical Signal ProcessingOptical SwitchingPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSemiconductor LasersDistributed Feedback LasersLaser AmplifiersLaser Wavelength SelectionNet GainSemiconductor Optical AmplifiersWavelength SelectionWavelength Selective SwitchingWavelength Switching
Wavelength selection with 1 ns switching times is demonstrated using DFB semiconductor laser amplifiers with net gain of 10 dB. Dynamic selection of packets from two wavelength-multiplexed 1.2 Gbit/s channels, separated by 0.23 nm, is demonstrated with BER < 10−9.