Packet switching performance at 10 Gb/s across a 4 × 4 optical crosspoint switch matrix

Author

Djordjevic, Ivan B. ; Varrazza, Riccardo ; Hill, Mathew ; Yu, Siyuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, UK

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

104

Abstract

Packet-switching characteristics of an integrated 4 × 4 InGaAsP-InP active vertical coupler optical cross-point switch matrix are optimized. Optical gain differences of less then 3 dB between the shortest and longest switching paths are achieved. Bit-error rate (BER) and power penalty measurements during packet routing have been carried out over the entire 4 × 4 matrix. At 10-Gb/s packet data rate less than 1-dB power penalty is found across the switch matrix, and the possibility for error-free packet routing is demonstrated with no BER floor observed.

Keywords

error statistics; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; BER floor; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP active vertical coupler optical cross-point switch matrix; error-free packet routing; optical crosspoint switch matrix; optical gain differences; packet data rate; packet switching performance; power penalty measurements; switch matrix; switching paths; Automatic voltage control; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical packet switching; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Packet switching; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818943

Filename

1255965