• DocumentCode
    452569
  • Title

    4 × 4 Demonstration of A 1.2 Tb/s (32 × 40 Gb/s) Optical Switch Fabric for Multi-Tb/S Packet Routers

  • Author

    Gripp, J. ; Duelk, M. ; Simsarian, J. ; Bernasconi, Pietro ; Bhardwaj, A. ; Sherman, K. ; Dreyer, K. ; Zirngibl, M. ; Laznicka, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate error-free, asynchronous packet transmission and fast simultaneous switching on four 40 Gb/s ports in a 32-port optical switch fabric. The sensitivity under switching is better than -3 dBm for all four burst-mode receivers
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; 1.2 Tbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; asynchronous packet transmission; burst-mode receivers; error-free packet transmission; optical switch fabric; packet routers; sensitivity; switching; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bit error rate; Fabrics; Laser tuning; Optical arrays; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Copenhagen
  • Print_ISBN
    87-90974-63-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1601393