Photonic time-slot and wavelength-grid interchange for 10-Gb/s packet switching

Author

Onohara, Kiyoshi ; Sotobayashi, Hideyuki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi ; Chujo, Wataru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Inf. Syst. & Energy Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

13

Issue

10

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1121

Lastpage

1123

Abstract

A time-space-wavelength-division photonic packet switch is proposed. The switch is based on ultrafast simultaneous time-slot and wavelength-grid interchange of optical packets using data-signal-induced supercontinuum (SC) light and arrayed waveguide gratings to slice the SC light spectrum. The switch was demonstrated at a data rate of 10 Gb/s.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical arrays; optical delay lines; optical waveguides; packet switching; space division multiplexing; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s packet switching; SC light spectrum slicing; arrayed waveguide gratings; data rate; data-signal-induced supercontinuum light; photonic time-slot; time-space-wavelength-division photonic packet switch; ultrafast simultaneous time-slot interchange; wavelength-grid interchange; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fabrics; Optical arrays; Optical fiber testing; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Packet switching; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.950755

Filename

950755