40-gb/s optical switching and wavelength multicasting in a two-pump parametric device

Author

Lin, Q. ; Jiang, R. ; Marki, C.F. ; McKinstrie, C.J. ; Jopson, R. ; Ford, J. ; Agrawal, G.P. ; Radic, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, NY, USA

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2376

Lastpage

2378

Abstract

A two-pump parametric architecture is used to demonstrate all-optical packet and bit-level switching at OC-768 data rates. We show that a switched signal can be simultaneously replicated in four parametric bands with arbitrary conjugate states. The conversion efficiencies and extinction ratios are controlled by simple pump-spectral positioning. The use of subrate pump switching is analyzed and demonstrated using arbitrary 40-Gb/s sequences.

Keywords

multicast communication; optical communication equipment; optical parametric devices; optical switches; packet switching; 40 Gbit/s; all-optical packet switching; extinction ratios; pump-spectral positioning; substrate pump switching; two-pump parametric device; wavelength multicasting; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Tunable circuits and devices; Highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); optical switching; parametric processing; wavelength casting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.858155

Filename

1522325