All-optical wavelength reservation for flexible spectrum networks using amplifier saturation and VCSEL injection

Shukree Wassin; George M. Isoe; Andrew W. R. Leitch; Tim B. Gibbon

doi:10.1117/1.OE.58.4.046110

25 April 2019 All-optical wavelength reservation for flexible spectrum networks using amplifier saturation and VCSEL injection

Shukree Wassin, George M. Isoe, Andrew W. R. Leitch, Tim B. Gibbon

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 58, Issue 4, 046110 (April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.4.046110

Abstract

Advanced metro-access WDM optical fiber telecommunication networks use integrated wavelength switching nodes to provide efficient, flexible wavelength allocation along the link. Recent developments, together with the increase in bandwidth intense applications, have sparked great interest in flexible, grid-like optical network systems. Flexible spectrum optical network systems with nonstatic channel bandwidth, wavelength allocation, switching, and routing permit the optimum distribution of data with variable rates and modulation formats. We describe a unique technique for all-optical wavelength reservation at a forwarding flex spectrum node. The outgoing signal is locked to the incoming signal at the node, thereby guaranteeing automatic wavelength reservation and allocation. A saturated erbium-dope fiber amplifier (EDFA) is used to erase data from the incoming signal, which is then used to lock the wavelength of the forwarding node through vertical cavity surface emitting laser injection. The EDFA is shown to reduce the extinction ratio of the incoming signal from 7.3 dB to less than 1 dB (560 mdB). We show automatic wavelength reservation over 1.68 nm within the C-band, with 25.5-km transmission over G. 655 single mode fiber. Considering 50-GHz per-channel bandwidth allocations, this technique translates to four-channel operation in a typical metro-access type configuration.

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Shukree Wassin, George M. Isoe, Andrew W. R. Leitch, and Tim B. Gibbon "All-optical wavelength reservation for flexible spectrum networks using amplifier saturation and VCSEL injection," Optical Engineering 58(4), 046110 (25 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.4.046110

Received: 5 February 2019; Accepted: 9 April 2019; Published: 25 April 2019

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