Switching characteristics of the resonant-ring based router

Author

Melloni, Andrea ; Monguzzi, Paolo ; Costa, Raffaella ; Martinelli, Mario

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

117

Abstract

The Resonant Router (ReR) is an integrated optical crossbar matrix based on the ring resonator. The ReR can operate as cross connect or wavelength router depending on the FSR and bandwidth of each node. In this contribution the cross connect characteristics are investigated, focusing on the characteristics of the single nodes, the necessaries technologies and the impact on WDM systems. An effective method for the BER estimation of the ReR is presented.

Keywords

error statistics; integrated optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical resonators; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; BER estimation; FSR; WDM systems; all-optical network; cross connect; dielectric waveguide; fiber switching; integrated optical crossbar matrix; lightpath switching; node bandwidth; resonant-ring based router; single node characteristics; switching characteristics; wavelength router; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Transmission line matrix methods; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fibre and Optical Passive Components, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7556-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FOPC.2002.1015813

Filename

1015813