Title :
All-optical erasable storage buffer based on parametric nonlinearity in fiber
Author :
Agarwal, A. ; Lijun Wang ; Yikai Su ; Kumar, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We present an erasable all-optical buffer based on parametric gain and cross-phase modulation loading. The buffer is erased by employing a loop-mirror as a switch. We demonstrate storage of 1Gb/s packets for 1 ms.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical storage; optical switches; 1 Gbit/s; 1 ms; all-optical erasable storage buffer; all-optical switch; cross-phase modulation loading; data packets; fiber parametric nonlinearity; loop-mirror switch; nonlinear optical loop mirror; parametric gain; phase-sensitive parametric amplification; picosecond pulses; Buffer storage; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
