Title :
Successful interconnection of SOA-MZI arrays and flip-flops to realize intelligent, all-optical routing
Author :
Zakynthinos, P. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Kehayas, E. ; Poustie, A. ; Maxwell, G. ; Van Caenegem, R. ; Colle, D. ; Pickavet, M. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens
Abstract :
We demonstrate an intelligent routing system through the interconnection of 8 optical gates. Contention resolution of bursty packets using integrated MZIs and flip-flops is reported with <1dB power penalty.
Keywords :
flip-flops; optical interconnections; SOA-MZI arrays; bursty packets; contention resolution; flip-flops; intelligent all-optical routing; intelligent routing system; optical gates; Circuits; Flip-flops; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Routing; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729314
