Title :
All-Optical Packet Compression by Using an Active Vertical Coupler Based Optical Crosspoint Switch Matrix
Author :
Chi, Nan ; Huang, Dexiu ; Olmos, J. J Vegas ; Yu, Siyuan
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate all-optical packet compression for a RZ payload at 10 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s and a label at 155 Mb/s, sustaining only 1.8 dB of power penalty, based on a recirculating buffer with one individual optical crosspoint switch
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical fibre networks; packet switching; photonic switching systems; 10 to 40 Gbit/s; 155 Mbit/s; RZ payload; active vertical coupler; all-optical packet compression; optical crosspoint switch matrix; power penalty; recirculating buffer; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical coupling; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Payloads;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279225
