Title :
1×16 optical packet switch sub-system with a monolithically integrated InP optical switch
Author :
Calabretta, N. ; Soganci, I.M. ; Tanemura, T. ; Wang, W. ; Raz, O. ; Higuchi, K. ; Williams, K.A. ; de Vries, T.J. ; Nakano, Y. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 1×16 optical packet switch sub-system for 160 Gbps RZ-OOK and 12 × 10 Gbps multi-wavelength DPSK packets. We show error-free operation with maximum penalties of 0.7 dB for 160 Gbps RZ-OOK and 0.6 dB for multi-wavelength DPSK packets.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; indium compounds; integrated optics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; 1Ã\x9716 optical packet switch sub-system; RZ-OOK packets; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; error-free operation; monolithically integrated optical switch; multi-wavelength DPSK packets; penalties; Bandwidth; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Energy consumption; Indium phosphide; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Payloads; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
