Title :
Optical node with time-space-and-wavelength domain contention resolution capability
Author :
Olmos, J. J Vegas ; Chi, N. ; Zervas, G. ; Simeonidou, D. ; Yu, S. ; Lopez, A. ; Monroy, I. Tafur ; Koonen, A.M.J.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Research Institute, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, j.j.vegas@tue.nl
Abstract :
We experimentally show up to 10 ¿s ms of optical buffering and wavelength conversion over 18nm, sustaining only 3.5dB of power penalty, in an optical node at 10 Gbit/s. The node is hence capable of time-space-and-wavelength domain contention resolution.
Keywords :
Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Routing; Stimulated emission; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800925
