All-optical access node using a novel self-synchronization scheme

Author

Xia, T.J. ; Kao, Y.-H. ; Liang, Y. ; Lou, J.W. ; Ahn, K.H. ; Boyraz, O. ; Islam, M.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

332

Abstract

Summary form only given. We demonstrate all-optical serial processing for a 100-Gbit/s access node using a novel self-synchronization scheme, which utilizes gain saturation in a semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) followed by self-phase modulation (SPM) in an optical fiber. The contrast ratio for the header processor is 10:1 and for the demultiplexer is 20:1. Our design avoids the complexity of generating and propagating marker pulses because all pulses in the frame can be identical.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical information processing; optical saturation; phase modulation; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; 100 Gbit/s; Gbit/s access node; all-optical access node; all-optical serial processing; contrast ratio; demultiplexer; gain saturation; header processor; optical fiber; propagating marker pulses; self-phase modulation; self-synchronization scheme; semiconductor laser amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical saturation; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657446

Filename

657446