Title :
Optoelectronic approach to optical packet switching
Author :
Takenouchi, H. ; Nakahara, T. ; Urata, R. ; Takahashi, R.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
An optoelectronic optical packet-switched router is promising for the future photonic Internet due to its capability to process arbitrary-length asynchronous optical packets by combining the intelligence of electronics with the high capacity and speed of optics.
Keywords :
optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; optical buffer; optical packet switching; optoelectronic approach; photonic Internet; serial-to-parallel conversion; CMOS process; Clocks; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; optical buffer; optical packet switching; parallel-to-serial conversion; serial-to-parallel conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804253
