SOA-Based Label Extractor for Optical Burst Switching Application

Author

Gavignet, Paulette ; Barbey, Jean-Luc ; Nakajima, Hiromasa ; Guillossou, Thierry ; Carer, A.

Author_Institution

Orange Labs. Networks, Lannion, France

Volume

26

Issue

22

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov.15, 15 2014

Firstpage

2240

Lastpage

2243

Abstract

This letter presents experimental results of a label extractor for labeled-optical burst switching (OBS) applications. The extractor uses a semiconductor optical amplifier in the amplifying detection mode to extract the label part of a burst with attached payload. More than 4-dB input power range is obtained with two burst sizes proving that the proposed solution is suitable for label detection in OBS nodes with asynchronous arrival of bursts. In addition, the solution brings an optical gain that is an interesting feature in such architectures.

Keywords

optical burst switching; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; OBS nodes; SOA-based label extractor; amplifying detection mode; asynchronous arrival; burst sizes; input power; labeled-optical burst switching applications; optical gain; semiconductor optical amplifier; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Payloads; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Optical burst switching (OBS); optical signal detection; semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2352394

Filename

6884767