Title :
Tunable SOA wavelength converter for optical packet switching router
Author :
Xu, Q. ; Ghazisaeidi, A. ; Doucet, S. ; Ben M´Sallem, Yousra ; Rusch, L.A. ; LaRochelle, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We examine wavelength conversion for a packet switching router with in-band labels using efficient and cascadable all-optical wavelength conversion (AOWC) via a low-cost dual-pump SOA scheme. System performance is examined over a 35nm tuning range.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; cascadable all-optical wavelength conversion; in-band labels; low-cost dual-pump SOA scheme; optical packet switching router; tunable SOA wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699042
