Tunable all-optical time-slot-interchange and wavelength conversion using difference-frequency-generation and optical buffers

In this letter, we demonstrate a module that simultaneously performs optical time-slot interchange and wavelength conversion of the bits in a 2.5-Gb/s data stream to achieve a reconfigurable time/wavelength switch. Our switch uses difference-requency-generation (DFG) for wavelength conversion and fi...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 200 - 202
Main Authors Cardakli, M.C., Gurkan, D., Havstad, S.A., Willner, A.E., Parameswaran, K.R., Fejer, M.M., Brener, I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.02.2002
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Bragg gratings
Buffers
Conversion
High speed optical techniques
Nonlinear optics
Optical buffering
Optical crosstalk
Optical fibers
Optical mixing
Optical noise
Optical switches
Optical wavelength conversion
Photonics
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Streams
Switches
Telecommunication traffic
Wavelengths
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Summary:In this letter, we demonstrate a module that simultaneously performs optical time-slot interchange and wavelength conversion of the bits in a 2.5-Gb/s data stream to achieve a reconfigurable time/wavelength switch. Our switch uses difference-requency-generation (DFG) for wavelength conversion and fiber Bragg gratings as wavelength-dependent optical time buffers. This tunable technique employs high-extinction-ratio and low-additive-noise DFG.
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ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.980516