Experimental demonstration of an all-optical routing node for multihop wavelength routed networks

Author

Shell, M. ; Vaughn, M.D. ; Wang, A. ; Blumenthal, D.J. ; Rigole, P.-J. ; Nilsson, S.

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Res. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

10

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1391

Lastpage

1393

Abstract

The experimental demonstration of an all-optical routing node for multihop packet wavelength routed networks is described. Packets are routed in real time between three space ports and five wavelengths using subcarrier multiplexed encoded headers. Fast wavelength conversion over 40 nm is achieved using a novel four section tunable semiconductor laser and a semiconductor optical amplifier. Simultaneous wavelength conversion of the baseband payload and subcarrier multiplexed header is also demonstrated.

Keywords

encoding; laser tuning; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; packet switching; semiconductor lasers; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical routing node; baseband payload; four section tunable semiconductor laser; multihop wavelength routed networks; packet wavelength routed networks; real time; semiconductor optical amplifier; simultaneous wavelength conversion; space ports; subcarrier multiplexed encoded headers; subcarrier multiplexed header; wavelength conversion; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spread spectrum communication; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.536665

Filename

536665