Title :
Load-balanced optical packet router based on 40 Gb/s wavelength converters and time buffers
Author :
Gripp, J. ; Simsarian, J.E. ; Bernasconi, P. ; Le Grange, J.D. ; Zhang, L. ; Buhl, L. ; Stiliadis, D. ; Neilson, D.T. ; Zirngibl, M.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a load-balanced optical packet router that scales to 256 Tb/s. The router consists of two stages of integrated SOA-based 40 Gb/s wavelength converters, large N×N AWGs and fiber-delay lines.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; 40 Gbit/s; AWG; SOA; fiber-delay lines; optical packet router; time buffers; wavelength converters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
