Title :
MMI bistable laser diode optical flip-flops for all-optical packet switching networks
Author :
Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Takeda, Kenji ; Kanema, Y. ; Raburn, M. ; Miyahara, Tetsuhiro ; Uetsuka, H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
An MMI bistable laser diode optical flip-flop has been developed for all-optical packet switching networks. All-optical switching of 320 Gb/s packets has been successfully demonstrated by an optical label memory based on the optical flip-flop.
Keywords :
flip-flops; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor lasers; MMI bistable laser diode; all-optical packet switching networks; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; optical flip-flops; optical label memory; All-optical networks; Diode lasers; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Optical bistability; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Packet switching; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382575
