Title :
All-optical switching for dynamic wavelength routing of 100G Pol-Mux QPSK data
Author :
Porzi, C. ; Meloni, G. ; Secondini, M. ; Potì, L. ; Contestabile, G. ; Bogoni, A.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Simultaneous wavelength conversion and channel drop operation for 112 Gb/s polarization-multiplexed QPSK signals is demonstrated by using a single SOA-MZI controlled by an optical gate signal. After coherent detection, low OSNR penalty is measured.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical switches; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; 100G Pol-Mux QPSK data; all-optical switching; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; channel drop operation; coherent detection; dynamic wavelength routing; optical gate signal; polarization-multiplexed QPSK signals; simultaneous wavelength conversion; single SOA-MZI; Logic gates; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
