Abstract
The development of high-capacity 1310-nm optical interconnects and the limitation of the electrical switches have necessitated the investigation of 1310-nm optical switches for flat data center networks. We have performed an experimental assessment of the scalable and fast 1310-nm optical switching system with three types of traffic, namely, the waveband 4× 25 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK), 28 Gb/s 4-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM4), and 40 Gb/s discrete multi-tone (DMT) by using the prototyped 1310-nm optical switch. 10-dB input power dynamic range has been achieved at 16 ports for waveband 4× 25Gb/s, 28-Gb/s PAM4, and 40-Gb/s DMT with power penalty of 1, 3, and 3.3 dB, respectively. Waveband 4× 25Gb/s OOK traffic shows the most promising results with port-count scaling up to 64 ports with limited penalty and allows for the potential scaling to larger port-count and more wavelength channels.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 7744467 |
| Pages (from-to) | 98-101 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
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Keywords
- Data center network
- optical switching
- wavelength division multiplexing
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Assessment of scalable and fast 1310-nm optical switch for high-capacity data center networks. / Miao, W.; De Waardt, H.; van der Linden, R.; Calabretta, N.
In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 29, No. 1, 7744467, 01.01.2017, p. 98-101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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AU - Miao, W.
AU - De Waardt, H.
AU - van der Linden, R.
AU - Calabretta, N.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The development of high-capacity 1310-nm optical interconnects and the limitation of the electrical switches have necessitated the investigation of 1310-nm optical switches for flat data center networks. We have performed an experimental assessment of the scalable and fast 1310-nm optical switching system with three types of traffic, namely, the waveband 4× 25 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK), 28 Gb/s 4-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM4), and 40 Gb/s discrete multi-tone (DMT) by using the prototyped 1310-nm optical switch. 10-dB input power dynamic range has been achieved at 16 ports for waveband 4× 25Gb/s, 28-Gb/s PAM4, and 40-Gb/s DMT with power penalty of 1, 3, and 3.3 dB, respectively. Waveband 4× 25Gb/s OOK traffic shows the most promising results with port-count scaling up to 64 ports with limited penalty and allows for the potential scaling to larger port-count and more wavelength channels.
AB - The development of high-capacity 1310-nm optical interconnects and the limitation of the electrical switches have necessitated the investigation of 1310-nm optical switches for flat data center networks. We have performed an experimental assessment of the scalable and fast 1310-nm optical switching system with three types of traffic, namely, the waveband 4× 25 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK), 28 Gb/s 4-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM4), and 40 Gb/s discrete multi-tone (DMT) by using the prototyped 1310-nm optical switch. 10-dB input power dynamic range has been achieved at 16 ports for waveband 4× 25Gb/s, 28-Gb/s PAM4, and 40-Gb/s DMT with power penalty of 1, 3, and 3.3 dB, respectively. Waveband 4× 25Gb/s OOK traffic shows the most promising results with port-count scaling up to 64 ports with limited penalty and allows for the potential scaling to larger port-count and more wavelength channels.
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