Title :
Demonstration of all-optical network coding by using SOA-MZI based XOR gates
Author :
Hisano, D. ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Kitayama, K.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate all-optical network coding by showing cascaded operation of optical XOR gates. The gate consists of an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer which branches contain semiconductor optical amplifier based wavelength converters.
Keywords :
network coding; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-MZI; all-optical network coding; cascaded operation; integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; optical XOR gate; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength converter; All-optical networks; Charge carrier density; Logic gates; Modulation; Ports (Computers); Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
