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Experimental analysis of an all-optical packet router

  • C. Reis
  • , G. Parca
  • , M. Bougioukos
  • , A. Maziotis
  • , S. Pinna
  • , G. Giannoulis
  • , H. Brahmi
  • , P. André
  • , N. Calabretta
  • , V. Vercesi
  • , G. Berrettini
  • , C. Kouloumentas
  • , A. Bogoni
  • , T. Chattopadhyay
  • , D. Erasme
  • , H. Avramopoulos
  • , A. Teixeira

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Abstract

In this paper, we address the experimental implementation of an all-optical packet routing scheme, with contention resolution capability, using interconnected semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) structures. Cross talk stemming from the blocked packets, due to the nonideal switching performed by the SOA-MZIs, is analyzed in every stage of the routing configuration. The routing functions and states performance are evaluated through bit-error ratio measurements and extinction ratio analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6850204
Pages (from-to)629-634
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Optical Communications and Networking
Volume6
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • All-optical packet switching
  • Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  • Optical flip-flop
  • Semiconductor optical amplifier
  • Wavelength conversion

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