• DocumentCode
    3528786
  • Title

    All-Optical Swapping of Digital Lightpath Labels

  • Author

    Feuer, Mark D. ; Hruska, Christina ; Hongsheng Wang ; Spiekman, Leo H ; Stefanov, Boris B ; Vaishampayan, Vinay A.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Labs. - Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We describe a new method of swapping digital lightpath labels, by selective inversion of blocks of bits. All-optical label swapping is demonstrated using an SOA-MZI regenerator, optically switched from inverting to non-inverting operation.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical repeaters; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SOA-MZI regenerator; all-optical label swapping; digital lightpath labels; optical switch; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Multiprotocol label switching; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Payloads; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528631
  • Filename
    4528631