Title :
Cascadability of Optical Packet-Switching Nodes Based on (R)SOA Devices
Author :
de Valicourt, G. ; Simonneau, Christian ; Ghazisaeidi, Amirhossein ; Brenot, Romain ; Antona, Jean-Christophe ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
WDM Dynamic Networks Dept., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We evaluate the benefits and limitations of semi-conductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and reflective SOAs, when used as logic gates in a 10 Gbit/s per wavelength WDM packet-switched network. We compare three components with different internal structures and provide estimation of the maximum number of cascaded packet-blocker-based nodes.
Keywords :
optical logic; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM packet-switched network; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded packet-blocker-based nodes; logic gates; optical packet-switching node cascadability; reflective SOA devices; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifier; WDM packet-switched network; packet add/drop multiplexer; packet reflective switch; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2285485
