Title :
Experimental demonstration of attenuation-based All-Optical Time-To-Live indicator
Author :
Garg, Ajay S. ; Wang, Howard ; Chen, Cathy ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
A novel attenuation-based Optical Time-To-Live indicator is demonstrated for DWDM All-Optical Packet Switches using a 1×2 SOA-based optical switch. Error-free operation is verified for packetized 4×10Gb/s pseudorandom payloads with three different Optical Time-To-Live limits.
Keywords :
indicators; optical attenuators; optical switches; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM all-optical packet switch; SOA-based optical switch; attenuation-based all-optical time-to-live indicator; error-free operation; pseudorandom payload; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
