Demonstration of 40-Gb/s packet routing using all-optical header processing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2275-2277

  Wang, Jade P ^a   Robinson, Bryan S ^a   Hamilton, Scott A ^a   Ippen, Erich P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Ultrafast optical switching

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; ALL-OPTICAL HEADER PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC ROUTERS; ENTIRE SYSTEM; ERROR RATE; GENERAL NETWORKS; OPEN EYE DIAGRAMS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PACKETS; PACKET ERROR RATES; PACKET ROUTING; POWER REQUIREMENT; REDUCED SIZE; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETER; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 39749137835     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884727     Document Type: Article

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