Title :
All-optical multiwavelength switching for hybrid WDM/TDM demultiplexing and signal processing
Author :
Mathason, B.K. ; Nitta, Isamu ; Shi, Hongyu ; Alphonse, G.A. ; Connolly, J.C. ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Hybrid approaches to optical communications and signal processing systems have previously been proposed that exploit the parallelism of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and the speed of time division multiplexing (TDM). In this paper, we demonstrate an all-optical switch capable of simultaneously switching multiple wavelength channels with high-speed capability using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) asymmetrically placed inside a loop mirror.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical multiwavelength switching; high-speed capability; hybrid WDM/TDM demultiplexing; loop mirror; optical communications; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal processing; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Demultiplexing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Signal processing; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Time division multiplexing; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834287
