Title :
All-Optical Swapping of Digital Lightpath Labels
Author :
Feuer, Mark D. ; Hruska, Christina ; Hongsheng Wang ; Spiekman, Leo H ; Stefanov, Boris B ; Vaishampayan, Vinay A.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. - Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We describe a new method of swapping digital lightpath labels, by selective inversion of blocks of bits. All-optical label swapping is demonstrated using an SOA-MZI regenerator, optically switched from inverting to non-inverting operation.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical repeaters; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SOA-MZI regenerator; all-optical label swapping; digital lightpath labels; optical switch; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Multiprotocol label switching; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Payloads; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528631
