Title :
Bragg grating assisted all-optical header pre-processor
Author :
Calabretta, N. ; Liu, Y. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A Bragg grating assisted all-optical header pre-processor based on self-phase modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented. The operation principle is discussed and demonstrated on packets with an NRZ header at a data rate of 2.5 Gbit/s and a Manchester encoded payload at a data rate of 10 Gbit/s. It is also demonstrated that the header pre-processor improves the performance of an all-optical header processor based on two-pulse correlation in a SLALOM configuration.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; packet switching; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; Bragg grating assisted pre-processor; Manchester encoded payload; NRZ header; SLALOM configuration; SOA; all-optical header pre-processor; all-optical packet switching; optical filter; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; two-pulse correlation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021030
