Title :
1×4 all-optical packet switch at 10 gb/s
Author :
Wai, P.K.A. ; Chan, L.Y. ; Lui, L. F K ; Xu, Lixin ; Tam, H.Y. ; Demokan, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrated a 1×4 all-optical packet switch with all-optical header processing at a header rate of 5 Gb/s and payload rate of 10 Gb/s using injection-locking in a single Fabry-Pe´rot laser diode at each output port of the switch.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 5 Gbit/s; Fabry-Perot laser diode; all-optical header processing; all-optical packet switch; injection-locking; payload rate; Diode lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; Payloads; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; All-optical devices; Fabry–PÉrot laser; all-optical header processing; all-optical packet switching; injection-locking;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.846492
