160 Gb/s all-optical contention resolution with prioritization using integrated photonic components

Author

Bakopoulos, P. ; Zakynthinos, P. ; Kehayas, E. ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Fresi, Francesco ; Porzi, C. ; Calabretta, N. ; Kouloumentas, Ch ; Petrantonakis, D. ; Maziotis, A. ; Stamatiadis, C. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Guina, M. ; Klonidis, D. ; Potì, L. ; Tangdion

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

fYear

2009

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present for the first time 160 Gb/s all-optical contention resolution with prioritization using integrated photonic devices. Error-free operation verifies that complex photonic systems are possible and could play a central role in future high-capacity networks.

Keywords

integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; all-optical contention resolution; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; complex photonic systems; fiber-interconnecting photonic integrated devices; high-capacity networks; integrated photonic components; prioritization; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Photonics; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5096-1

Type

conf

Filename

5287142