Experimental characteristics of optical crosspoint switch matrix and its applications in optical packet switching

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3646-3653

  Chi, Nan ^a   Vegas Olmos, Juan Jose ^b   Thakulsukanant, Kornkamol ^c   Wang, Zhuoran ^c   Ansell, Oliver ^c   Yu, Siyuan ^c   Huang, Dexiu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude shift keying; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Integrated optoelectronics; Optical crossconnect; Optical packet switching

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTERNET; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET SWITCHING; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLITUDE-SHIFT KEYING; OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL CROSSPOINT SWITCH (OXS) MATRIX; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33750218840     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.881853     Document Type: Article

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