Title :
Dispersion Monitoring for High-Speed WDM Networks via Two-Photon Absorption in a Semiconductor Microcavity
Author :
Maguire, P.J. ; Bondarczuk, K. ; Barry, L.P. ; O´Dowd, J. ; Guo, W.H. ; Lynch, M. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Donegan, J.F. ; Folliot, H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ.
Abstract :
Due to the continued demand for bandwidth, network operators have to increase the data rates at which individual wavelengths operate at. As these data rates will exceed 100 Gbit/s in the next 5-10 years, it will be crucial to be able to monitor and compensate for the amount of chromatic dispersion encountered by individual wavelength channels. This paper will focus on the use of the novel nonlinear optical-to-electrical conversion process of two-photon absorption (TPA) for dispersion monitoring. By incorporating a specially designed semiconductor microcavity, the TPA response becomes wavelength dependent, thus allowing simultaneous channel selection and monitoring without the need for external wavelength filtering
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; micro-optics; microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; two-photon processes; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; WDM networks; channel selection; chromatic dispersion; dispersion monitoring; high-speed networks; nonlinear optical-to-electrical conversion; semiconductor microcavity; two-photon absorption; wavelength dependent response; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Microcavities; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Photonic band gap; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; dispersion monitoring; microcavity; two-photon absorption; wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248520
