Title :
Experimental analysis of an all-optical packet router
Author :
Reis, C. ; Parca, G. ; Bougioukos, M. ; Maziotis, A. ; Pinna, Sergio ; Giannoulis, G. ; Brahmi, Hajer ; AndreÌ, P. ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Vercesi, V. ; Berrettini, G. ; Kouloumentas, Christos ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Chattopadhyay, Taraprasad ; Erasme, Didi
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun.-Polo de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
In this paper, we address the experimental implementation of an all-optical packet routing scheme, with contention resolution capability, using interconnected semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach- Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) structures. Cross talk stemming from the blocked packets, due to the nonideal switching performed by the SOA-MZIs, is analyzed in every stage of the routing configuration. The routing functions and states performance are evaluated through bit-error ratio measurements and extinction ratio analysis.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; error statistics; optical crosstalk; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA-MZI; all-optical packet router; bit error ratio; contention resolution capability; extinction ratio analysis; interconnected semiconductor optical amplifier; optical crosstalk; Flip-flops; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Routing; All-optical packet switching; Mach??Zehnder interferometer; Optical flip-flop; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JOCN.2014.6850204
