Abstract
We present two types of optoelectronic time-domain packet switches, a photonic add-drop multiplexer, and a 4 × 4 packet switch, for high-speed asynchronous burst optical packets. They employ all-optical serial-to-parallel converters, optical single clock-pulse generators, and photonic parallel-to-serial converters that enable utilization of a compact highly functional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor circuitry for label processing packet switching, and buffering for contention resolution. We have experimentally confirmed basic operation of the packet switches for 40-Gb/s 16-bit asynchronous optical packets.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 684-686 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 Mar |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Optical add-drop multiplexer (ADM)
- Optical packet switch
- Packet-switched network
- Parallel-to-serial conversion
- Serial-to-parallel conversion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering