Title :
Ultrafast all-optical switching using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers for wavelength routing
Author :
Kawaguchi, Hitoshi
Abstract :
All-optical switching and wide-range wavelength conversion have been demonstrated at 160 Gbit/s using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier. We used the asymmetrical multiple-quantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier which allows for a wide 3 dB gain-bandwidth. The cross-correlation measurements show the high-speed switching capability for wavelength routing in optical time division multiplexing networks.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical wavelength conversion; photonic switching systems; quantum well devices; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; asymmetrical multiple-quantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier; four-wave mixing; gain-bandwidth; high-speed switching; optical time division multiplexing; ultrafast all-optical switching; wavelength conversion; wavelength routing; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical wavelength conversion; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8343-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2004.1361962
