All-optical address extraction for optical routing

被引:22
作者
Park, KH [1 ]
Mizumoto, T [1 ]
Matsuura, A [1 ]
Naito, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Fac Engn, Dept Phys Elect, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
关键词
all-optical process; NOLM; optical routing;
D O I
10.1109/50.701391
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
This paper describes the optical circuit that enables to extract address from a transmitted cell in an all-optical manner. Nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLM's) are used as all-optical switches in order to confirm the operation of the proposed circuit. The control pulses synchronized with address bits are generated from the transmitted cell. The address bits are successfully extracted without any electronic control circuit, The factors that limit an attainable bit rate are discussed. If we use NOLM composed of a 2-km-long fiber, 110 Gb/s is attainable for the 4 ps FWHM input pulse with RZ format.
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页码:1129 / 1136
页数:8
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