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
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