Title :
All-optical switching of 160 Gbit/s OTDM signal using FWM in SOA for wavelength routing
Author :
Mori, Takashi ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
CREST, Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Yamagata, Japan
Abstract :
All-optical switching and wide-range wavelength conversion was demonstrated at 160 Gbit/s using four-wave mixing in an SOA. The cross-correlation measurements using short reference pulse show the high-speed switching capability for wavelength routing in OTDM networks.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; FWM; OTDM signal; SOA; all-optical switching; cross-correlation measurements; four-wave mixing; wavelength conversion; wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
