A highly integrated 32-SOA gates optoelectronic module suitable for IP multi-terabit optical packet routers

For the first time, the realization and the performance of a compact optoelectronic 32-SOA module including their drivers is reported. Preliminary experiments in an optical packet switching matrix for IP multi-terabit router is also reported.

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