A all optical header extraction scheme based on semiconductor optical amplifier and Mach-Zehnder-Interferomete (SOA-MZI) with asymmetric control light was proposed and demostrated in this paper. By theoretical analsys, we found the proposed scheme can implement the optical pakcet header extraction more effectively. Numerical analsys and simulation show that more than 18dB contrast ratio of the extrcacted header at 20Gbit/s and the suppressed payload at 80Gbit/s can be achieved. In addition, the parameters of the SOAMZI and the input packet are discussed to optimize the performance of the scheme and the results also indicate that the performance of the scheme is influenced greatly by the parameters of SOA.

Date Published: 25 November 2009
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 7632, Optical Transmission Systems, Switching, and Subsystems VII, 763222 (25 November 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.850993

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7632:
Optical Transmission Systems, Switching, and Subsystems VII
Dominique Chiaroni, Editor(s)