Optical label Processing and 10-gb/s variable length optical packet switching using a 4 × 4 optical crosspoint switch

Author

Lee, Sheng-Chyan ; Varrazza, Riccardo ; Yu, Siyuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, UK

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1085

Lastpage

1087

Abstract

We demonstrate the use of an integrated 4 × 4 InGaAsP-InP active vertical coupler optical crosspoint switch matrix to detect optical labels and to further switch variable length optical packets at rate of 10 Gb/s. Label detection sensitivity is assessed. Switched payload Q-factor and power penalty measurements have been carried out. Power penalty of less than 1.5 dB is found.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical couplers; optical switches; packet switching; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP active vertical coupler; label detection sensitivity; optical crosspoint switch; optical label processing; power penalty; switched payload Q-factor; variable length optical packet switching; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Optical label detection; optical network; optical packet switching; variable packet length;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.845658

Filename

1424108