Title :
Demonstration of ultrafast all-optical packet routing
Author :
Glesk, Ivan ; Kang, K.J. ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ
fDate :
4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report the first demonstration of all-optical ultrafast single bit packet routing. Photonic packets after ultrafast all-optical address recognition at 250 Gbit/s were self-routed using an all-optical ultrafast routing switch. The bit error rate was <10-9
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; 250 Gbit/s; bit error rate; optical fibre networks; photonic packets; self-routing; single bit packet routing; ultrafast all-optical address recognition; ultrafast all-optical packet routing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970494