Title :
All-optical asynchronous variable-length optically labelled 40 Gbps packet switch
Author :
Wolfson, D. ; Lal, V. ; Masanovic, M. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Coldren, C. ; Epps, G. ; Civello, D. ; Donner, P. ; Blumenthal, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the operation of a packet switch that dynamically forwards 40 Gbps optical packets based on asynchronously recovered WGbps optical headers using highly-integrated InP photonic circuits. Results of both Layer 1 and Layer 2 performance measurements are presented.
Keywords :
indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; all-optical asynchronous variable-length packet switch; highly-integrated InP photonic circuits; optical headers; optically labelled packet switch;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
