A new optical routing technique with a subcarrier clock controlled wavelength converter

Author

Tamura, K.R. ; Komukai, T. ; Nakazawa, M.

Author_Institution

Network Innovation Lab., NTT, Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1491

Lastpage

1493

Abstract

We demonstrate wavelength conversion and routing at 2.5 Gb/s over 100-km fiber links using a wavelength converter based on a time-to-wavelength mapped mode-locked laser. Wavelength tuning is controlled by an RF clock multiplexed as a subcarrier on a transmitted nonreturn-to-zero signal. Wavelength conversion of a 1550-nm input signal to nine output wavelengths spanning a range of 16 mm is demonstrated. The RF clock rate is approximately 10 GHz.

Keywords

clocks; laser mode locking; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 km; 1550 nm; 1550-nm input signal; 2.5 Gbit/s; RF clock multiplexed; RF clock rate; fiber links; optical routing technique; output wavelengths; subcarrier clock controlled wavelength converter; time-to-wavelength mapped mode-locked laser; transmitted nonreturn-to-zero signal; wavelength conversion; wavelength tuning; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; RF signals; Radio frequency; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.803089

Filename

803089