All-Optical Packet Routing based on Integrable 2Ã\x972 Switch for Data Packets up to 160 Gbit/s

Author

Berrettini, Gianluca ; Ghelfi, Paolo ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Potì, Luca

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa

fYear

2007

fDate

19-22 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

50

Abstract

An all-optical, integrable, ultra-fast 2times2 spatial switch based on cross-gain-modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers able to process signals up to 160 Gbit/s is demonstrated. Penalty measurements confirm the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in cascade configurations.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; all-optical packet routing; cascade configurations; cross-gain-modulation; data packets; integrable switch; penalty measurements; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultrafast spatial switch; Nonlinear optics; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Packet switching; Pulse modulation; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing; All-optical switch; Nonlinear optics; optical fiber switches; ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2007

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1122-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2007.4300738

Filename

4300738