Title :
Electrical parallel-to-serial converter using MSM-PDs and application to bypass/drop self-routing
Author :
Takahata, K. ; Nakahara, T. ; Takenouchi, H. ; Takahashi, R. ; Suzuki, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A novel and simple electrical parallel-to-serial converter for high-speed label comparison is developed using conventional metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors, The 1×2 bypass/drop self-routing of 10 Gbit/s burst optical packets is demonstrated using the 4:1 converter.
Keywords :
data conversion; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; packet switching; photodetectors; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; MSM photodetectors; bypass/drop self-routing; electrical parallel-to-serial converter; high-speed label comparison; large-capacity packet-switched networks; metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors; optical packets; photonic packet-switched networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030025
