Title :
All-Optical Label/Payload Separation at 40 Gb/s
Author :
Apostolopoulos, D. ; Petrantonakis, D. ; Zouraraki, O. ; Kehayas, E. ; Pleros, N. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical label/payload separation circuit implemented with hybridly integrated semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder switches. It is shown to operate error-free with 40-Gb/s variable length data packets containing 27-1 pseudorandom bit sequence and short guardbands between them. The circuit requires only the data packets as input and its complexity does not increase with label length
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; data communication; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; random sequences; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical label; data packets; error-free operation; hybrid integrated switches; payload separation circuit; pseudorandom bit sequence; semiconductor optical amplifier; variable length data packets; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Pulse compression methods; Switching circuits; All-optical label swapping; integrated Mach–Zehnder interferometer; label separation; optical packet switching;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.883328
