DocumentCode
1283376
Title
Photonic packet switch using semiconductor optical amplifier gates
Author
Fortenberry, R. ; Lowery, Arthur J. ; Ha, W.L. ; Tucker, Rodney
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Volume
27
Issue
14
fYear
1991
fDate
7/4/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1305
Lastpage
1307
Abstract
Photonic packet switching using semiconductor optical amplifiers is reported. The optical amplifiers are used as gates to switch the optical packets and also as modulators to provide address header replacement. This eliminates the need for the fibre delay line used in previous photonic packet switching demonstrations, and allows the possibility of packet switch integration onto a single substrate. The photonic packet switch has a crosstalk performance better than 40 dB.
Keywords
digital communication systems; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor junction lasers; address header replacement; crosstalk performance; modulators; optical packets; photonic packet switch; semiconductor optical amplifier gates;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910816
Filename
81201
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