Title :
All-Optical Swapping of Spectrally Efficient, Spectral Amplitude Code-Based Labels in Semiconductor Fiber Ring Lasers Using Cross-Absorption Modulation
Author :
Baby, V. ; Habib, C. ; Jamal, S. ; Chen, L.R.
Author_Institution :
McGill Univ., Montreal
Abstract :
All-optical swapping of spectral-amplitude code (SAC)-labels in a semiconductor fiber ring laser (SFRL) using cross-absorption modulation (XAM) in an electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is demonstrated. The wavelength and time domain representation of a packet using SAC-labels are obtained. The static transfer functions and spectral plots of the ON/OFF states for label-swapping from a single tunable input label wavelength to an SAC-label of weight two are presented.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical communication equipment; optical transfer function; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; ON-OFF states; all-optical swapping; cross-absorption modulation; electro-absorption modulator; label-swapping; semiconductor fiber ring laser; spectral plots; spectral-amplitude code-labels; static transfer functions; time domain representation; tunable input label wavelength; wavelength domain representation; Amplitude modulation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Modulation coding; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical attenuators; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386459
