All-Optical Signal Processing for UltraHigh Speed Optical Systems and Networks

作者:Yan, Lianshan*; Willner, Alan E.; Wu, Xiaoxia; Yi, Anlin; Bogoni, Antonella; Chen, Z. -Y.; Jiang, H. -Y.
来源:Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2012, 30(24): 3760-3770.
DOI:10.1109/JLT.2012.2205134

摘要

With high-bandwidth and on-demand applications continuing to emerge, next-generation core optical networks will likely require significant improvements in reconfigurability and ultra-fast operations. Optical signal processing overcomes the electronic bandwidth limitations with the advantages in terms of transparency and scalability. We review recent progresses in all-optical signal processing potentially for ultrahigh speed systems and networks. Starting from a brief overview of optical signal processing in high-speed optical systems and networks, we highlight a few key network functionalities, including optical logic operations, reconfigurable add/drop multiplexing, optical regeneration, wavelength conversion, format conversion, and phase-sensitive amplification. Different techniques are investigated and discussed, employing a wide range of devices and various nonlinearities. Some of experimental results are presented in both single polarization systems and polarization-division multiplexing systems.