Payload-envelope detection and label-detection integrated photonic circuit for asynchronous variable-length optical-packet switching with 40-gb/s RZ payloads and 10-gb/s NRZ labels

Author

Koch, Brian R. ; Hu, Zhaoyang ; Bowers, John E. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Volume

24

Issue

9

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3409

Lastpage

3417

Abstract

A photonic integrated circuit that performs 40-Gb/s payload-envelope detection (PED) and 10-Gb/s label detection for asynchronous variable-length optical-packet switching is demonstrated. The circuit consists of an InP photonic integrated device combined with electronic GaAs and InP devices on a carrier. Asynchronous variable-length optical packets with 40-Gb/s return-to-zero (RZ) payloads and 10-Gb/s non-RZ (NRZ) labels are processed by the circuit. The circuit outputs a PED electrical signal that represents the temporal location of the payload and a 10-Gb/s electrical signal representing the optical label. The optical label is detected error free. The PED signal has a rise/fall time of 3-ns and 150-ps jitter. The PED signal was also used to erase and rewrite the optical labels error free

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; 10 Gbit/s; 150 ps; 3 ns; 40 Gbit/s; GaAs; InP; InP devices; asynchronous switching; electrical signal; electronic GaAs devices; integrated photonic circuit; integrated photonic device; jitter; label detection; nonreturn to zero labels; optical label; optical-packet switching; payload-envelope detection; return to zero payloads; variable-length optical packets; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Photonic integrated circuits; Switching circuits; Timing; Optical-label swapping (OLS); payload-envelope detection (PED); photonic integrated circuit; traveling-wave photodetector (TWPD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.879221

Filename

1688131