Wavelength-space permutation switch with coherent PDM QPSK transmission for supercomputer optical interconnects

Author

Karinou, F. ; Roudas, I. ; Vlachos, K. ; Petrou, C.S. ; Vgenis, A. ; Hemenway, B.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Rio, Greece

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We experimentally study the performance of an economically-viable, high-capacity supercomputer optical interconnect employing wavelength-space optical packet switching, polarization division multiplexed (PDM) quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation and coherent detection.

Keywords

light coherence; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical computing; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; packet switching; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; coherent PDM QPSK transmission; coherent detection; polarization division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying modulation; supercomputer optical interconnects; wavelength-space optical packet switching; wavelength-space permutation switch; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Supercomputers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-884-1

Type

conf

Filename

5465601