Title :
All-Optical Packet Switching by Pulsed-Pump Wavelength Exchange in a Highly Nonlinear Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
Author :
Cheung, Henry K Y ; Fung, Rebecca W L ; Kwok, C.H. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally for the first time successful switching of packets based on wavelength exchange with two pulsed pumps located at the anomalous-dispersion region. Simultaneous packet switching between different wavelengths at same timeslot is achieved.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; packet switching; anomalous-dispersion region; nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber; optical packet switching; pulsed-pump wavelength exchange; Communication switching; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Packet switching; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348767
