Data header erasure via Raman effect for all-optical in-fiber processing

Author

Burdge, G. ; Alam, S.-U. ; Grudinin, A. ; Khrushchev, I. ; White, I. ; Ibsen, M. ; Durkin, M.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

374

Lastpage

375

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have presented results on ultrafast intensity modulation by means of signal depletion due to Raman gain. The results presented illustrate the dynamics of this modulator as a tool to erase a header all-optically. The speed of the process is limited by the pulse width of the Stokes pulse; compressed pulses should be able to erase data exceeding 500 Gbit/s.

Keywords

Raman spectra; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; optical storage; 100 Gbit/s; 1550 nm; Raman effect; Raman gain; Stokes pulse width; all-optical header erasure; all-optical in-fiber processing; compressed pulses; data header erasure; signal depletion; ultrafast intensity modulation; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657484

Filename

657484