Fast and widely tunable optical packet switching scheme based on tunable laser and dual-pump four-wave mixing

Author

Klonidis, Dimitrios ; Politi, Christina Tanya ; O´Mahony, Michael ; Simeonidou, Dimitra

Author_Institution

Photonic Networks Res. Lab., Colchester, UK

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

2004

fDate

5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1412

Lastpage

1414

Abstract

An optical packet switching scheme based on a fast electronically controllable tunable laser dual-pump four-wave mixing for wavelength conversion and an N×N arrayed waveguide grating for passive routing is examined. This scheme can realize ultrafast packet switching and large port switch fabrication, required in next-generation core optical packet routers. The performance is examined in terms of packet-based bit-error-rate measurements for packet-by-packet switching. Design issues are also discussed.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; error statistics; laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical design techniques; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; arrayed waveguide grating; bit-error-rate measurement; dual-pump four-wave mixing; optical design; optical packet switching scheme; packet-by-packet switching; passive routing; tunable laser; wavelength conversion; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Four-wave mixing; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical packet switching; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.826135

Filename

1291528