Title :
Self-Routing Edge-to-Edge Optical Packet Switched Network Based on Superstructured Fibre Bragg Gratings
Author :
Thomsen, B.C. ; Teh, P.C. ; Ibsen, M. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
A simple self-routing edge-to-edge optical packet switched network based on all-optical recognition of a 20 Gchip/s cascaded header using fibre Bragg gratings is presented. Self-routing of optical packets through two network switching nodes is demonstrated
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; all-optical recognition; cascaded header; edge-to-edge optical network; network switching nodes; optical packets; packet switching; self-routing; superstructured fibre Bragg gratings;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
