Title :
Monolithic widely tunable optical packet forwarding chip in InP for all-optical label switching with 40 Gbps payloads and 10 Gbps labels
Author :
Lal, V. ; Masanovic, M. ; Wolfson, D. ; Fish, G. ; Coldren, C. ; Blumenthal, D.J.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the first monolithically integrated tunable optical packet forwarding chip in InP. The chip consists of a differential Mach-Zehnder interferometer SOA 40 Gbps wavelength converter integrated with Mach-Zehnder modulator for 10 Gbps label modulation.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Gps labels; Gps payloads; InP; Mach-Zehnder modulator; SOA; all-optical label switching; differential Mach-Zehnder interferometer; label modulation; monolithic integration; optical packet forwarding chip; tunable optical packet; wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
