• DocumentCode
    2990925
  • Title

    Compact All-Optical Header Processing for DPSK Packets

  • Author

    Calabretta, Nicola ; Presi, Marco ; Contestabile, Giampiero ; Ciaramella, Ernesto

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56100 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: nicola.calabretta@cnit.it
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using a single SOA, a novel optical scheme is able to simultaneously extract the header and seed-pulse from DPSK-packets. Combined with an optical demultiplexer, it realises a highly scalable header-processor based on time-to-wavelength conversion.
  • Keywords
    Arrayed waveguide gratings; Data mining; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Propagation delay; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801148
  • Filename
    4801148