Title :
An all-optical grooming switch with regenerative capabilities
Author :
Leuthold, J. ; Bonk, R. ; Vorreau, P. ; Sygletos, S. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Freude, W. ; Zarris, G. ; Simeonidou, D. ; Kouloumentas, C. ; Spyropoulou, M. ; Tomkos, I. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Weerasuriya, R. ; Ibrahim, S. ; Elli
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
A regenerative optical grooming switch for interconnecting 130 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s networks with switching functionality in time, space and wavelength domain is demonstrated. Lab and field demonstrations show the feasibility of the new concept developed by the TRIUMPH project consortia. Q-factors above 20 dB are reported.
Keywords :
Q-factor measurement; optical interconnections; optical switches; Q-factors; all-optical grooming switch; regenerative optical grooming switch; Clocks; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microswitches; Optical network units; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Repeaters; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185189
