Title :
Label erasure using an imbalanced NOLM and its application in a 40-gb/s label switching optical network
Author :
Yu, Jianjun ; Chang, Gee-Kung ; Akanbi, Oladeji
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A novel scheme based on the nonlinear transmission function of an imbalanced nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is used to realize label erasure. The scheme has been successfully applied in a 40 Gb/s label switching optical network with a transmission distance of 200 km.
Keywords :
mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; 200 km; 40 Gbit/s; imbalanced NOLM; label erasure; label switching optical network; nonlinear optical loop mirror; nonlinear transmission function; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical label erasure; optical network;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.859861
