Title :
High-speed optical packet switching using a broadband wavelength-tunable laser
Author :
Adams, L.E. ; Nykolak, G. ; Bethea, C.G. ; Tanbun-Ek, T. ; People, R. ; Sergent, A.M. ; Sciortino, P.F. ; Fullowan, T.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate high-speed optical packet switching using a fast broadband-tunable laser. The optical packets are modulated at 2.5 Gb/s and may be switched among 4 wavelength channels in less than 1 bit period, thereby requiring no significant guardband. The data packets are transmitted through 200 km of non-DSF and yield open eye diagrams
Keywords :
quantum well lasers; 2.5 Gbit/s; 200 km; DFB MQW lasers; bit period; broadband wavelength-tunable laser; data packets; fast broadband-tunable laser; high-speed optical packet switching; non-DSF; optical packets; wavelength channels; yield open eye diagrams;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971466
