DocumentCode
2014930
Title
Effects of cumulative PDG on the scalability of SOA-based optical packet switching networks
Author
Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile ; Bergman, Keren ; Borodisky, Misha ; Brodsky, Misha
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
Using a re-circulating loop we study the extreme cases of cumulative PDG in SOA-based packet switching nodes. We show that node polarization dependence could limit the physical layer scalability of optical packet switching networks.
Keywords
light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; node polarization; optical packet switching networks; physical layer scalability; Communication switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Packet switching; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215797
Filename
1636828
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