Ultrafast all-optical wavelength routing of data packets utilizing an SOA-based wavelength converter and a monolithically integrated optical flip-flop

被引：14
作者：
Liu, Yong [1 ]
Tangdiongga, Eduward [2 ]
Hill, Martin T. [2 ]
van Zantvoort, Johan H. C. [2 ]
den Besten, J. H. [2 ]
de Vries, T. [2 ]
Smalbrugge, E. [2 ]
Oei, Yok-Siang [2 ]
Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. [2 ]
Smit, Meint K. [2 ]
Koonen, A. M. J. [2 ]
Khoe, G. D. [2 ]
Dorren, H. J. S. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Sch Optoelect Informat, Minist Educ, Key Lab Broadband Opt Fiber Transmiss & Commun Ne, Chengdu 610054, Peoples R China
[2] Eindhoven Univ Technol, COBRA Res Inst, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2008年 / 14卷 / 03期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
all-optical switch; optical flip-flop; photonics integration; semiconductor optical amplifier; ultrafast; wavelength conversion;
D O I：
10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918240
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate all-optical wavelength routing of 80 Gb/s data packets without using electronic control. The system consists of an optical wavelength converter and a monolithically integrated optical flip-flop memory. The integrated optical flip-flop is based on two coupled lasers, exhibiting single-mode operation, having a 35 dB contrast ratio between the states, and switching its state in about 2 us. The wavelength converter is optically controlled by the optical flip-flop. We show that the optical set and reset pulses can force the optical flip-flop to switch its continuous-wave output light between two specific wavelength positions. The output light feeds the wavelength converter, which, in turn, converts the data packet into the flip-flop's output wavelength, causing the data packet to be routed into a specific port.
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页码：801 / 807
页数：7
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