Ultrahigh-speed all-optical data regeneration and wavelength conversion for OTDM systems

Author

Ueno, Y. ; Nakamura, S. ; Sasaki, J. ; Shimoda, T. ; Furukawa, A. ; Tamanuki, T. ; Sasaki, T. ; Tajima, K.

Author_Institution

Photonic & Wireless Devices Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

566

Abstract

The latest results in ultrafast data regeneration and wavelength conversion with SMZ-type all-optical semiconductor switches are reviewed. In these operations, the SMZ-type switch is driven by random data pulses. The fastest bit rate reported to date for such input-data-driven all-optical operation has reached 168 Gb/s. With these all-optical devices, we may be able to build 160-Gb/s OTDM nodes for packet communications systems in the near future.

Keywords

demultiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical repeaters; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor switches; time division multiplexing; 168 Gbit/s; OTDM systems; SMZ-type switch; all-optical semiconductor switches; optical-time-division-multiplexing; packet communications systems; random data pulses; symmetric-Mach-Zehnder type switches; ultra-high-speed all-optical data regeneration; wavelength conversion; Bit rate; Clocks; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989112

Filename

989112