Title :
Effects of cumulative PDG on the scalability of SOA-based optical packet switching networks
Author :
Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile ; Bergman, Keren ; Borodisky, Misha ; Brodsky, Misha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Using a re-circulating loop we study the extreme cases of cumulative PDG in SOA-based packet switching nodes. We show that node polarization dependence could limit the physical layer scalability of optical packet switching networks.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; node polarization; optical packet switching networks; physical layer scalability; Communication switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Packet switching; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215797
