Performance and scalability of a single-stage SOA switch for 10×10 gb/s wavelength striped packet routing

Author

Lin, T. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Glick, M. ; McAuley, D.

Author_Institution

Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ., UK

Volume

18

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

691

Lastpage

693

Abstract

This letter reports successful routing of 10×10 Gb/s multiwavelength optical packets using single-stage semiconductor optical amplifier switches. Performance under switching is assessed with up to ten wavelengths with particular emphasis being placed on the limit of operation. A 15.2-dB power margin is demonstrated which allows at least eight port connections with a commercially available 0-dBm output 10-Gb/s transmitter and -21-dBm sensitivity receiver.

Keywords

optical receivers; optical switches; optical transmitters; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; 100 Gbit/s; SOA switch; port connection; receiver; semiconductor optical amplifier switches; transmitter; wavelength striped packet routing; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Packet switching; Power semiconductor switches; Scalability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength routing; Optical interconnect; optical packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.870062

Filename

1597298