• DocumentCode
    1746140
  • Title

    All-optical erasable storage buffer based on parametric nonlinearity in fiber

  • Author

    Agarwal, A. ; Lijun Wang ; Yikai Su ; Kumar, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    17-22 March 2001
  • Abstract
    We present an erasable all-optical buffer based on parametric gain and cross-phase modulation loading. The buffer is erased by employing a loop-mirror as a switch. We demonstrate storage of 1Gb/s packets for 1 ms.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical storage; optical switches; 1 Gbit/s; 1 ms; all-optical erasable storage buffer; all-optical switch; cross-phase modulation loading; data packets; fiber parametric nonlinearity; loop-mirror switch; nonlinear optical loop mirror; parametric gain; phase-sensitive parametric amplification; picosecond pulses; Buffer storage; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    927530