DocumentCode
378438
Title
All-optical switching of packets for all-optical buffering purposes
Author
Liu, Y. ; Hill, M.T. ; de Waardt, H. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Volume
3
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
310
Abstract
An all-optical switching concept for all-optical buffering of packets is presented. The concept feasibility has been verified by showing experimentally that its optical threshold function (>45 dB contrast ratio) can control a wavelength converter switch.
Keywords
buffer storage; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; all-optical buffering; all-optical switching; optical packet routing; optical threshold function; packet switching; wavelength converter switch; Optical buffering; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Telecommunication switching; Wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6705-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989642
Filename
989642
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