Title :
All-Optical Self-Routing Latching Switch Based on Active Mach–Zehnder Interferometer
Author :
Clavero, Raquel ; Ramos, Francisco ; Marti, Javier
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract :
A new architecture for an all-optical self-routing packet switch is reported. The control signals are optical pulses which can be easily extracted from the packet header. The experimental results at 40 Gb/s show a low power penalty and an on-off contrast ratio higher than 9 dB
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; 40 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical switch; control signals; latching switch; on-off contrast ratio; optical pulses; packet header; packet switch; self-routing switch; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Routing; All-optical signal processing; Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI); optical packet switching; optical switch;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.886979
