Title :
All-optical burst support for optical packets
Author :
Jackel, J.L. ; Banwell, T.C. ; McNown, S.R. ; Perreault, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Telcordia Technol. Inc., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate error free transmission of multirate optical bursts over a metropolitan WDM network with EDFA designed for constant average power by using an all-optical means for optical signal stabilization.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA; all-optical burst support; constant average power; error free transmission; metropolitan WDM network; multirate optical bursts; optical signal stabilization; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; NASA; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989669
