Title :
40-Gb/s 3R Burst Mode Regenerator Using Four Integrated MZI Switches
Author :
Petrantonakis, D. ; Kanellos, G.T. ; Zakynthinos, P. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Pleros, N. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ.
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical 3R burst mode regenerator operating error-free with 40-Gb/s data packets. It is comprised of a sequence of four hybridly integrated semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometric switches and is shown to operate with short, variable length and asynchronous data packets, with a dynamic range of 9.3 dB
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical burst switching; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder switches; all-optical 3R regenerator; asynchronous data packets; burst mode regenerator; error-free operation; hybridly integrated laser; integrated switches; interferometric switches; optical burst switching; semiconductor optical amplifier; Circuits; Clocks; Dynamic range; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse compression methods; Burst mode regenerator (BMR); dynamic range; integrated Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI); optical burst switching; optical packet switching; optical signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.890051
