Title :
All-optical switching of 80 Gb/s data packets using a wavelength converter controlled by a monolithically integrated optical flip-flop
Author :
Liu, Y. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Hill, M.T. ; van Zantvoort, J.H.C. ; Smalbrugge, E. ; de Vries, T. ; Binsma, H. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Leijtens, X.J.M. ; Smit, M.K. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical switching of 80 Gb/s data-packets using an optical wavelength converter that consists of an SOA and an optical filter. The wavelength converter is controlled by a monolithically integrated optical flip-flop memory.
Keywords :
flip-flops; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical storage; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 80 Gbit/s; SOA; all-optical switching; data packets; monolithically integrated flip-flop memory; optical filter; optical flip-flop; wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
