Title :
Data header erasure via Raman effect for all-optical in-fiber processing
Author :
Burdge, G. ; Alam, S.-U. ; Grudinin, A. ; Khrushchev, I. ; White, I. ; Ibsen, M. ; Durkin, M.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have presented results on ultrafast intensity modulation by means of signal depletion due to Raman gain. The results presented illustrate the dynamics of this modulator as a tool to erase a header all-optically. The speed of the process is limited by the pulse width of the Stokes pulse; compressed pulses should be able to erase data exceeding 500 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; optical storage; 100 Gbit/s; 1550 nm; Raman effect; Raman gain; Stokes pulse width; all-optical header erasure; all-optical in-fiber processing; compressed pulses; data header erasure; signal depletion; ultrafast intensity modulation; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Wavelength conversion;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657484
