An all-optical method of developing data communication system with error detection circuit

The basic criterion of data communication is that received data should exactly be the replica of the transmitting data. If any error is introduced in the received data, then data transmission should be stopped immediately. In this article the authors have developed an all-optical method of data communication system with error detection mechanism that works with frequency encoded data. Basic building blocks of the proposed data communication scheme are parity generator and parity checker which are developed from all optical XOR logic gates. Simulation results testify the feasibility of the proposed scheme. These logic gates are developed exploiting nonlinear polarization rotation based frequency conversion and switching character of semiconductor optical amplifiers. The scheme with frequency encoded data, high speed of frequency conversion and polarization switching action of semiconductor optical amplifier offers secure, error free, faster data communication network. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.