Simultaneous Label Erasure and Rewriting using a Single Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for DPSK/ASK Optical Label Switching

Author

Lee, K.L. ; Lim, C. ; Wong, E. ; Nirmalathas, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic.

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

851

Lastpage

852

Abstract

In this work, we present the first demonstration of optical label swapping using an RSOA. Specifically, we exploit the high pass filter (HPF) behavior originating from self-gain modulation (SGM) of the saturated RSOA to achieve simultaneous erasure and rewriting of an amplitude-shift-keying (ASK) label. We demonstrate the feasibility of a 1.25 Gb/s amplitude-shift-keying (ASK) label erasure with new label rewrite through direct modulation of the RSOA

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; high-pass filters; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.25 Gbit/s; ASK; DPSK; HPF; amplitude-shift-keying label erasure; direct modulation; high pass filter; label rewriting; optical label swapping; optical label switching; reflective SOA; self-gain modulation; single reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; Amplitude shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2006.279073

Filename

4054453