Optical Packet Switching via FWM Processing of Time-Stacked Weight-2 Codes

Author

M´Sallem, Yousra Ben ; Seddighian, Pegah ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie

Author_Institution

Pavilion d´´Opt. et de photonique office 3177, Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC

Volume

20

Issue

20

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1712

Lastpage

1714

Abstract

We demonstrate recognition of time-stacked multiwavelength (M-lambda ) weight-2 code labels using four-wave-mixing (FWM) sideband allocation and selective optical filtering. At the forwarding node, the labels are separated using a highly reflective fiber Bragg grating and the FWM terms are generated using a highly nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier. We show successful forwarding of packets through a two-hop network. We report error-free transmission (bit-error rate < 10 ^-10) of the payload through the entire network with less than 1.5-dB power penalty.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; optical filters; optical switches; packet switching; FWM processing; fiber Bragg grating; four-wave-mixing sideband allocation; nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier; optical packet switching; selective optical filtering; time-stacked multiwavelength weight-2 code labels; Four-wave mixing (FWM); multiwavelength time-stacked labels; optical networks; packet switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.2003421

Filename

4604694