Title :
Impact of asynchronous traffic on fast optical packet switching
Author :
Ge, An ; Mayes, Mark ; Tamil, Lakshman S.
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. Center, Alcatel USA, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
The effect of asynchronous traffic on the output optical SNR of gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (GC-SOA) space switch matrix is studied. Variation of optical SNR at the output is observed
Keywords :
optical noise; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; asynchronous traffic; fast optical packet switching; gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier space switch matrix; output optical SNR; Bit error rate; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical switches; SONET; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813455
