Optical switches for advanced photonic networks

Author

Barbosa, F. Rudge ; Moschim, Edson

Author_Institution

Lab. de Tecnol. Fotonica - LTF, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2009

Firstpage

678

Lastpage

681

Abstract

In this work we present optical switches based on acousto-optical (AO) and semiconductor amplifier (SOA) devices, implemented in photonic switching optical nodes. Two basic situations are highlighted. One, a fully operational optical packet/burst switching (OPS/OBS) distributed control optical node is presented, using AO switches, with complete input-to-output switching time of ~2Â¿s, independent of packet/burst length. The other, a practical application for a centralized control situation is also presented, involving SOA devices, which have better performance and faster switching, with overall switching times of less than 200ns. Detailed operation and other applications are also considered.

Keywords

centralised control; distributed control; microwave photonics; optical burst switching; optical control; optical fibre networks; optical switches; SOA; acousto-optical devices; advanced photonic networks; centralized control situation; distributed control optical node; optical packet-burst switching; optical switches; semiconductor amplifier; Centralized control; Distributed control; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Belem

ISSN

1679-4389

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5356-6

Electronic_ISBN

1679-4389

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427495

Filename

5427495