• DocumentCode
    2240540
  • Title

    All-Optical Multicast Switch based on Raman-Assisted Four-Wave Mixing in Dispersion-shifted Fiber

  • Author

    Lau, Kwan ; Wang, S.H. ; Xu, Lixin ; Lui, L. F K ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Lu, C. ; Tam, H.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Centre, Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Demonstrated a 3times6 all-optical multicast switch employing with wavelength control capability to select the multicast channels at 10 Gbit/s using Raman-assisted FWM in dispersion-shifted fiber. All the output channels comply with the 100 GHz (i.e. 0.8 nm) spaced ITU grid.
  • Keywords
    multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical switches; ITU grid; Raman-assisted four-wave mixing; all-optical multicast switch; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; dispersion-shifted fiber; frequency 100 GHz; wavelength 0.8 nm; wavelength control capability; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Optical control; Optical switches; Photonics; Power generation; Routing protocols; Signal generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391243
  • Filename
    4391243