Title :
Transmission of a chaos-masked signal with in-line all-optical wavelength conversion
Author :
Minzioni, Paolo ; Benedetti, Mauro ; Aromataris, Giuseppe ; Cristiani, Ilaria ; Merlo, Sabina ; Annovazzi-Lodi, Valerio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Pavia Univ., Pavia
Abstract :
In this paper we demonstrate wavelength-conversion, of a message masked by additive chaos, along a transmission line. This result shows that chaos-based communications are compatible with channel-switching and wavelength-conversion as required in reconfigurable networks.
Keywords :
chaotic communication; multiwave mixing; optical chaos; optical communication; optical signal detection; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; telecommunication security; FWM; SOA; additive chaos; channel-switching; chaos-based communications; chaos-masked signal transmission; chaos-masked subcarrier detection; in-line all-optical wavelength conversion; message masking; reconfigurable networks; secure transmission; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.1155) All-optical networks; (060.4510) Optical communications; (060.4785) Optical security and encryption; (230.7405) Wavelength conversion devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
