Title :
16-Channel Digitally Tunable Packet Switching Transmitter with Sub-Nanosecond Switching Time
Author :
Kauer, M. ; Girault, M. ; Leuthold, J. ; Honthaas, J. ; Pellegri, O. ; Goullancourt, C. ; Zimgibl, M.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
We present a 16-channel 100 GHz-spacing digitally tunable packet switching transmitter based on an external-cavity laser. The transmitter can switch within 0.8 ns between its channels at 0 dBm output power and <0.7 dB penalty
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; optical switches; optical transmitters; packet switching; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.8 ns; 100 GHz; 16-channel transmitter; 1600 GHz; DWDM; digitally tunable transmitter; external-cavity laser; packet switching transmitter; subnanosecond switching time;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
