Title :
Wavelength Conversion and All-Optical Regeneration: Achievements and Open Issues
Author :
Ciaramella, Ernesto
Author_Institution :
Ist. TeCIP, Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
All-optical wavelength conversion and regeneration have, since 20 years, attracted a lot of interest thanks to their potential applications and sophisticated working principles; however, they have not yet led to practical products that could be deployed in the real networks. We present here a critical review of the greatest achievements and main type of solutions that have been demonstrated. We then discuss the still-open issues that should be addressed in order to see the practical implementations.
Keywords :
optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical regeneration; all-optical wavelength conversion; real networks; still-open issues; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; nonlinear optical devices; optical fiber communications; optical fiber networks; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2177492
