Title :
All-optical packet switching by MMI-BLD optical flip-flop
Author :
Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, Maura ; Takeda, Koji ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated novel all-optical packet switching using all-optical flip-flop multimode interference bistable laser diodes and all-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. Error-free operation for output 10-Gb/s optical packets from the switch was obtained with no power penalty.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; light interference; optical bistability; packet switching; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; MMI-BLD; all-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches; all-optical packet switching; multimode interference; multimode interference bistable laser diodes; optical flip-flop; Fiber nonlinear optics; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215905
