Title :
All-Optical Multicast Switch Employing Raman-Assisted FWM in Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
Author :
Lau, Kwan ; Wang, S.H. ; Xu, Lixin ; Lu, C. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Wai, P.K.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical multicast switch with the capability to select five reconfigurable channel groups with six output multicast channels using three control wavelengths at 10 Gb/s using Raman-assisted four-wave mixing in dispersion-shifted fiber. All the output channels comply with the 100 GHz (i.e., 0.8 nm) spaced International Telecommunication Union (ITU) grid.
Keywords :
multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; International Telecommunication Union; Raman-assisted FWM; Raman-assisted four-wave mixing; all-optical multicast switch; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; control wavelengths; dispersion-shifted fiber; frequency 100 GHz; reconfigurable channel selection; wavelength 0.8 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical mixing; Optical switches; Routing protocols; All-optical devices; nonlinear optics; optical communication; optical multicast;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2004565
