Feedback arrayed-waveguide gratings-based optical packet switch with improved homowavelength crosstalk performance

Author

Chia, M.C. ; Hunter, D.K. ; Andonovic, I. ; Ball, P. ; Wright, I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1999

Firstpage

450

Abstract

The optical packet switch geometry detailed permits priority routing by adopting feedback delay lines. A proposal to implement two smaller AWGs in the switch is also presented. Their optical performance is investigated with respect to power penalty. This work is a part of an EPSRC-funded project, WASPNET (Wavelength Switched Packet NETwork).

Keywords

optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical delay lines; optical feedback; optical switches; optical waveguides; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; AWG; WASPNET; Wavelength Switched Packet NETwork; feedback arrayed-waveguide gratings-based optical packet switch; feedback delay lines; homowavelength crosstalk performance; optical packet switch geometry; optical performance; power penalty; priority routing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Delay lines; Multiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical feedback; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0402-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.1999.824590

Filename

824590