Title :
All-optical packet switching with all-optical header processing and 2R regeneration
Author :
Lui, L. F K ; Xu, Lixin ; Lau, Kwan ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Demokan, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 1×4 10 Gb/s all-optical packet switch with all-optical header processing and 2R regeneration using injection-locked Fabry-Perot lasers diodes. The header and payload rates are 5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s respectively.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 2R regeneration; 5 Gbit/s; all-optical header processing; all-optical packet switching; header bit rate; injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode; optical network; payload bit rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Packet switching; Payloads; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201900
