All-optical wavelength conversion in optical multicarrier networks

Author

Iannone, Eugenio ; Sabella, Roberto ; De Stefano, Luca ; Valeri, Fabio

Author_Institution

Fonolovzione Ugo Boroloni, Italy

Volume

44

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

716

Lastpage

724

Abstract

The authors analyze the use of all optical wavelength conversion in the optical layer of a high-capacity transport network and compare different technological solutions. The analysis is based on the evaluation of the transmission performance of a generic signal path through the network. At least two technologies have been discovered allowing the realization of all-optical wavelength converters suitable for use in the considered application, providing high performance. In particular, for networks covering long distances, wavelength conversion based on four-wave-mixing in semiconductor amplifiers seems to be a very interesting solution

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; all-optical wavelength conversion; four wave mixing; generic signal path; high capacity transport network; long distance networks; optical WDM networks; optical layer; optical multicarrier networks; semiconductor amplifiers; transmission performance evaluation; Bit rate; Intelligent networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Routing; Signal analysis; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.506388

Filename

506388