40 Gb/s buffered 2×2 optical packet switching using photonic integrated circuits

Author

Mack, John P. ; Nguyen, Kimchau N. ; Dummer, Matt M. ; Burmeister, Emily F. ; Poulsen, Henrik N. ; Stamenic, Biljana ; Kurczveil, Geza ; Bowers, John E. ; Coldren, Larry A. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Contention resolution and forwarding of labeled optical packets at 40 Gb/s is demonstrated utilizing multiple InP based optical buffers and monolithic wavelength converters. Layer-2 packet recovery measurements are presented.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; InP; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; layer-2 packet recovery measurement; monolithic wavelength converter; optical buffer; optical packet switching; photonic integrated circuit; Bit rate; Indium phosphide; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Photonic integrated circuits; (060.1810) Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers; (060.6719) Switching, packet;

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

5225234