All-optical address extraction for optical routing

Author

Park, Ki-Hwan ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya ; Matsuura, Akihiko ; Naito, Yoshiyuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1129

Lastpage

1136

Abstract

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

Keywords

mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; synchronisation; telecommunication network routing; 110 Gbit/s; 2 km; 4 ps; NOLM; RZ format; address bits; all-optical address extraction; all-optical manner; all-optical switches; attainable bit rate; control pulse synchronisation; electronic control circuit; nonlinear optical loop mirrors; optical circuit; optical routing; ps FWHM input pulse; transmitted cell; Bit rate; Circuits; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Routing; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.701391

Filename

701391