• DocumentCode
    868629
  • Title

    Bragg grating assisted all-optical header pre-processor

  • Author

    Calabretta, N. ; Liu, Y. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1560
  • Lastpage
    1561
  • Abstract
    A Bragg grating assisted all-optical header pre-processor based on self-phase modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented. The operation principle is discussed and demonstrated on packets with an NRZ header at a data rate of 2.5 Gbit/s and a Manchester encoded payload at a data rate of 10 Gbit/s. It is also demonstrated that the header pre-processor improves the performance of an all-optical header processor based on two-pulse correlation in a SLALOM configuration.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; packet switching; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; Bragg grating assisted pre-processor; Manchester encoded payload; NRZ header; SLALOM configuration; SOA; all-optical header pre-processor; all-optical packet switching; optical filter; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; two-pulse correlation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20021030
  • Filename
    1106116