Packet switching demonstrator using an integrated and pigtailed add-drop filter based on photonic crystal structures

Author

Olmos, J. J Vegas ; Kitayama, K. ; Tokushima, M.

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate packet switching using an integrated-and-pigtailed add-drop filter based on photonic crystal structures at 10-Gbps. The results show a negligible power-penalty of less than 2 dB for packet-based operation (and 2.5 dB for static operation).

Keywords

integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical filters; packet switching; photonic crystals; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; integrated filter; packet switching demonstrator; packet-based operation; photonic crystal structures; pigtailed add-drop filter; Bit error rate; Insertion loss; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Packet switching; Photonic crystals; (060.1810) Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (130.7408) Wavelength filtering devices; (230.5298) Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224626