All-optical variable buffer based on semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-516

  Berrettini, Gianluca ^a   Meloni, Gianluca ^a   Potì, Luca ^b   Bogoni, Antonella ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffer memories; delay system; gain control; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL VARIABLE BUFFER; BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; BUFFER MEMORY; CROSS-GAIN MODULATION EFFECTS; DELAY SYSTEM; DISCRETE VARIABLES; FIBER LOOPS; NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO DATUM; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED; PACKET BUFFERING; PACKET CONTENTION; SIGNAL DEGRADATION; STORAGE TIME; WAVELENGTH INDEPENDENT OPERATION;

BIT ERROR RATE; BUFFER AMPLIFIERS; BUFFER STORAGE; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SWITCHING;

PACKET SWITCHING;

EID: 79952841154     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2092752     Document Type: Article

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