Title :
All-optical contention resolution using a single optical flipflop and two stage all-optical wavelength conversion
Author :
Stamatiadis, C. ; Bougioukos, M. ; Maziotis, A. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We present a new scheme for 40 Gb/s all-optical contention resolution based on cascaded wavelength converters and a hybrid integrated optical flip-flop. Using simultaneously both ports of the flip-flop, component and power reduction is achieved.
Keywords :
flip-flops; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical contention resolution; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; cascaded wavelength converters; integrated optical flip-flop; Circuits; Flip-flops; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
