Title :
Optically addressable 2 x 2 exchange/bypass packet switch
Author :
Theophilopoulos, G. ; Kalyvas, M. ; Bintjas, C. ; Pleros, N. ; Yiannopoulos, K. ; Stavdas, A. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Guekos, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, we demonstrate an optically addressable 2 /spl times/ 2 exchange-bypass switch operating with 10-Gb/s data packets. Switching is achieved at the bit level using an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate with two input data signals and a single control signal. The bit error rate of the switch in a static configuration was estimated to be 10/sup -11/ using synchronous digital hierarchy 64 data frames.
Keywords :
light interferometers; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronous digital hierarchy; 10 Gbit/s; 10-Gb/s data packets; InGaAsP-InP ridge waveguide SOA; active polarization control; bit error rate; bit level switching; input data signals; optical packet switching; optically addressable 2 /spl times/ 2 exchange/bypass packet switch; single control signal; static configuration; synchronous digital hierarchy; ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.1012411
