Title :
Ultrafast FWM Self Routing between 10 Ports of Spectral Amplitude Coded 10 Gb/s Packets set on a 25 GHz Grid with Unequally Spaced Bins
Author :
Rosas-Fernandez, J.B. ; Huang, Guo ; Aw, E.T. ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Adv. Photonics & Electron., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A novel ultrafast self routing system is demonstrated using four-wave-mixing of 10 Gb/s packets spectrally-encoded in 25 GHz grid bins which are unequally spaced. Codes with a maximum separation of 1.6 nm enable routing to 10 different ports.
Keywords :
encoding; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; four-wave-mixing; grid bins; packet switched networks; spectral amplitude coding; spectral encoding; ultrafast FWM self routing system; unequally spaced bins; Correlators; Modulation coding; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Payloads; Routing; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528634
