Title :
500 Mbit/s operation of a multifunctional binary optical switching fabric
Author :
Alduino, A.C. ; Ortiz, G.G. ; Hains, C. ; Lu, Bao-Liang ; Lu, Y.C. ; Cheng, James ; Schneider, R.P. ; Klem, J. ; Zolper, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM
fDate :
8/31/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A cascadable binary optical routing switch with improved switching performance has been demonstrated by integrating vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with heterojunction bipolar transistors and pin photodiodes. The reconfigurable routing of optical signals, and their conversion between electrical and optical formats, have been achieved at high speed (400-500 Mbit/s), and with an optical gain of 7.5 dB
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; 400 to 500 Gbit/s; 7.5 dB; cascadable switch; electrical to optical conversion; heterojunction bipolar transistors; multifunctional binary optical switching fabric; optical gain; optical signals; pin photodiodes; reconfigurable routing; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951076
