Title :
Label erasing technique employing Lyot-Sagnac filter
Author :
Jia, Zhensheng ; Chen, Minghua ; Xie, Shizhong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel label erasing technique employing a Lyot-Sagnac filter with a flat top and a sharp notch is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in all-optical label swapping systems. It is shown that the performance of this eraser is superior to the traditional fibre loop mirror eraser.
Keywords :
error statistics; notch filters; optical communication equipment; optical filters; subcarrier multiplexing; BER; Lyot-Sagnac filter; SCM processing techniques; all-optical label swapping systems; bit error rate; flat top; label erasing technique; sharp notch; subcarrier multiplexing techniques;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021029
