• DocumentCode
    826338
  • Title

    All-Optical Self-Routing Latching Switch Based on Active Mach–Zehnder Interferometer

  • Author

    Clavero, Raquel ; Ramos, Francisco ; Marti, Javier

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    2475
  • Lastpage
    2477
  • Abstract
    A new architecture for an all-optical self-routing packet switch is reported. The control signals are optical pulses which can be easily extracted from the packet header. The experimental results at 40 Gb/s show a low power penalty and an on-off contrast ratio higher than 9 dB
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; 40 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical switch; control signals; latching switch; on-off contrast ratio; optical pulses; packet header; packet switch; self-routing switch; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Routing; All-optical signal processing; Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI); optical packet switching; optical switch;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2006.886979
  • Filename
    4014251