Performance of All-Optical Multicasting Via Dual-Stage XGM in SOA for Grid Networking

Author

Lee, Bernard H L ; Mohamad, Romli ; Dimyati, Kaharudin

Author_Institution

Photonics Technol. Program, TM Res. & Dev. Sdn Bhd, Selangor

Volume

18

Issue

21

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2215

Lastpage

2217

Abstract

The letter presents a study on the performance of an all-optical multicasting technique utilizing the nonlinearity of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) technology for all-optical grid computing network. The technique not only has the capability to optically control the degree of multicasting but also performs all-optical switching simultaneously. Experimental results show the design´s capability to multicast an incoming 10-Gb/s optical signal onto 16 outgoing signals using cross-gain modulation in a single SOA. A second SOA is also included in the design as a 2R regenerator

Keywords

grid computing; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; 2R regenerator; SOA nonlinearity; all-optical grid computing network; all-optical multicasting; all-optical switching; cross-gain modulation; dual-stage cross-gain modulation; grid networking; optical control; optical signal; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; wavelength routing; Grid computing; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Distributed computing; grid networking; multicasting; optical switching; wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.884752

Filename

1707813