All-Optical Data Vortex Node Using an MZI-SOA Switch Array

Author

Jung, Hyun-Do ; Monroy, Idelfonso Tafur ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Tangdiongga, Eduward

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven

Volume

19

Issue

22

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1777

Lastpage

1779

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a new structure of a Data Vortex switch node for all-optical routing of wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) 10-Gb/s optical packets. The proposed node consists of two Mach-Zehnder interferometers with integrated semiconductor optical amplifier: an optical and gate and a high-speed optical switch. In the experiment, WDM 10-Gb/s data packets are successfully routed with 1-dB power penalty at a bit-error rate of 10^-9.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; error statistics; logic gates; optical arrays; optical fibre communication; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; MZI-SOA switch array; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical data vortex node; all-optical routing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; data packets; high-speed optical switch; optical AND gate; optical packets; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength-division-multiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical vortices; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Data Vortex switch; Mach–Zehnder interferometers with integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (MZI-SOA); optical header processing; optical packet switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.905206

Filename

4351990