Optical subcarrier label swapping by semiconductor optical amplifiers in cross phase modulation wavelength converter block

Author

Udvary, Eszter ; Berceli, Tibor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommun. Syst., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary

fYear

2003

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

88

Abstract

The semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) can be used as an efficient high-speed modulator. The paper presents optical subcarrier multiplexed label swapping/reinsertion utilizing this device associated to the wavelength converter block in packet switched all optical networks. For that purpose the modulation response and nonlinear behavior of SOAs are analyzed and experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; all optical networks; cross phase modulation; high-speed modulator; label swapping/reinsertion; modulation response; nonlinear behavior; optical subcarrier label swapping; optical subcarrier multiplexing; packet switched networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength converter block; High speed optical techniques; Multiprotocol label switching; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8691-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2003.1422832

Filename

1422832