Title :
Simultaneous Data Regeneration and Digital Label Swapping in an SOA-MZI Device
Author :
Feuer, Mark D. ; Hruska, Christina ; Wang, Hongsheng ; Spiekman, Leo H. ; Stefanov, Boris B. ; Vaishampayan, Vinay A.
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical regeneration of a 10-Gb/s data stream, with bit-error-rate improvement, simultaneously with digital label swapping, in a monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier Mach–Zehnder interferometer device.
Keywords :
Laboratories; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength routing; All-optical regenerators; digital lightpath labeling; optical label swapping; photonic networks;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.927882
