All-optical packet-drop demonstration using 100-Gb/s words by integrating fiber-based components

Author

Xia, T.J. ; Liang, Y. ; Ahu, K.H. ; Lou, J.W. ; Boyraz, O. ; Kao, Y.-H. ; Cao, X.D. ; Chaikamnerd, S. ; Anderson, J.K. ; Islam, M.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1998

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

155

Abstract

Packet-drop function for a time-division multiplexing network using 100-Gb/s, 8-b words is experimentally demonstrated by integrating all-optical header processing and payload demultiplexing with electrooptic packet routing. The header processor consists of two levels of all-optical logic gates based on low birefringent nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLMs), and the payload demultiplexer is a two-wavelength NOLM. Both devices are driven by synchronized lasers with timing jitter under 1 ps. The contrast ratios for both header processor and demultiplexer are 10:1 and that of the packet router is 17 dB. The switching energies for header processing and payload reading are 10 and 1 pJ/pulse, respectively.

Keywords

demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical logic; telecommunication network routing; time division multiplexing; 1 pJ; 10 pJ; 100 Gbit/s; Gb/s word; all-optical logic gates; all-optical packet-drop demonstration; contrast ratios; electrooptic packet routing; header processor; integrating all-optical header processing; integrating fiber-based components; low birefringent nonlinear optical loop mirrors; packet router; payload demultiplexer; payload demultiplexing; payload reading; switching energies; synchronized lasers; time-division multiplexing network; timing jitter; two-wavelength NOLM; Birefringence; Demultiplexing; Lasers and electrooptics; Logic devices; Logic gates; Mirrors; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Payloads; Routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.651145

Filename

651145