Broadband testing of a 64×64 nanosecond optical switch

Author

Shekel, E. ; Majer, D. ; Matmon, G. ; Krauss, A. ; Ruschin, S. ; McDermott, Thomas ; Birk, M. ; Boroditsky, M.

Author_Institution

Chiaro Networks Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

371

Abstract

Nanosecond routing in a 64×64 optical phased array switch is reported. Further testing of the switch shows transmission capability of four 40 Gb/s WDM channels through a single switch path, with power penalty of 0.3 dB per channel. The optical path performance at high bit rate and data rate scalability of the switch is demonstrated for the first time. This performance indicates the possibility of switch implementation in Terabit routing systems. Furthermore, the results presented demonstrate the wavelength, data rate and format transparency of the switch, opening the possibility for the switch to be used in optical IP networks.

Keywords

broadband networks; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; 64×64 nanosecond optical switch; 64×64 optical phased array switch; Terabit routing systems; WDM channels; broadband testing; data rate scalability; format transparency; nanosecond routing; optical IP networks; optical path performance; power penalty; transmission capability; Bit rate; IP networks; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Phased arrays; Routing; Scalability; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159333

Filename

1159333