All-optical updating of subcarrier encoded packet headers with simultaneous wavelength conversion of baseband payload in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-829

  Vaughn, M D ^b   Blumenthal, D J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical switching; Subcarrier multiplexing; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CROSSTALK; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT MODULATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PACKET SWITCHING;

BASEBAND PAYLOAD; MICROWAVE SUBCARRIER; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXED HEADERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031164205     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.585004     Document Type: Article

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