DocumentCode :
851589
Title :
BER performance of all-optical subcarrier label swapping with 2R regeneration
Author :
Jeon, Min Yong ; Pan, Zhong ; Cao, Jing ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
fYear :
2004
Firstpage :
323
Lastpage :
325
Abstract :
This paper proposes and demonstrates an all-optical subcarrier label swapping subsystem with 2R (reamplification, reshaping) optical regeneration and wavelength conversion. The experimental results show error-free operation with reshaping and regeneration leading to negative power penalty for signals with impaired signal-to-noise and extinction ratios. While the experiment was conducted on a single wavelength channel, a multiwavelength optical label switching system can incorporate this technique in parallel. The 2R regeneration in the all-optical label-swapping subsystem implies its viability in a scalable optical-label switching network.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; error statistics; multiprotocol label switching; optical circulators; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; subcarrier multiplexing; 2R optical regeneration; BER performance; all-optical subcarrier label swapping subsystem; fiber Bragg grating; label extractors; label-rewriting module; multiprotocol label switching; multiwavelength optical label switching; negative power penalty; optical circulator; packet-switched WDM; scalable network; subcarrier multiplexing; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multiprotocol label switching; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.818929
Filename :
1256039
Link To Document :
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