Title :
All-optical packet switching of 160 Gb/s packets with all-optical processing of 10 Gb/s headers
Author :
Xu, Lixin ; Lui, L. F K ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of all-optical packet switching of 160 Gb/s packets with all-optical header processing of the 10 Gb/s packet headers. The timing diagrams before and after packet switching are shown.
Keywords :
optical switches; packet switching; all optical header; all optical packet switching; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; packet headers; timing diagrams; Data mining; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Packet switching; Payloads; Photonics; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing; Switches; (140.3520) Lasers, injection-locked; (190.1450) Bistability; (230.1150) All-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628013
