Title :
Demonstration of 8×40-Gb/s wavelength-striped packet switching in a multi-terabit capacity optical network test-bed
Author :
Lai, Caroline P. ; Brunina, Daniel ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report on the successful and error-free routing of 8×40-Gb/s wavelength-striped packets in a transparent optical network test-bed, supporting multi-terabit switching capacity. A 0.5-dB power penalty per switch hop is shown at 40 Gb/s.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; error-free routing; multiterabit capacity optical network test-bed; power penalty; transparent optical network; wavelength-striped packet switching;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699075
