Title :
Concatenation performance of optical packet switches that incorporate wavelength converters based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Politi, C.T. ; Alexandropoulos, D. ; Klonidis, D. ; Mahony, M.O. ; Stavdas, A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Peloponnese, Arcadia
fDate :
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) has been acknowledged as a useful wavelength conversion technique especially due to its ability to convert sequences of ultra fast pulses but also simultaneously a number of wavelengths. An analysis is used to investigate the concatenation performance of optical packet switch that incorporate wavelength or waveband converters based on FWM in SOAs.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; concatenation performance; four-wave mixing; optical packet switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultra fast pulses; waveband converters; wavelength conversion technique; wavelength converters;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IET
