• DocumentCode
    1194844
  • Title

    40-Gb/s All-Optical Packet Switching With a Distributed-Feedback Laser as All-Optical Flip-Flop

  • Author

    Huybrechts, Koen ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Nakano, Yoshiaki ; Baets, Roel ; Morthier, Geert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol. (INTEC), Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ.-IMEC, Ghent
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    703
  • Lastpage
    705
  • Abstract
    All-optical flip-flops (AOFFs) have recently received increased attention as elements for all-optical packet-switched networks. In this letter, we use a single off-the-shelf distributed- feedback laser as AOFF to switch 40-Gb/s packets with a guard time as low as 150 ps.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; flip-flops; packet switching; all-optical flip-flop; all-optical packet switching; distributed-feedback laser; All-optical flip-flop (AOFF); distributed-feedback laser (DFB); optical packet switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2016671
  • Filename
    4801705
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1194844