Optical-TDMA LAN incorporating packaged integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer channel selector

被引:1
作者
Gunning, P
Lucek, JK
Nesset, D
Collins, JV
Ford, CW
Pitcher, D
Smith, K
Cotter, D
Jahn, E
Agrawal, N
Siddiqui, AS
机构
[1] HEINRICH HERTZ INST NACHRICHTENTECH BERLIN GMBH,HEINRICH HERTZ INST,D-10587 BERLIN,GERMANY
[2] UNIV ESSEX,DEPT ELECT SYST ENGN,COMMUN NETWORKS RES GRP,COLCHESTER CO4 3SQ,ESSEX,ENGLAND
关键词
interferometry; time division multiple access; local area networks;
D O I
10.1049/el:19970943
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors report the use of a packaged, integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer as a channel selector in a 40-Gbit/s (16 x 2.5 Gbit/s) optical TDMA LAN which is currently being used to interconnect high-end computer workstations, To the authors knowledge this is the first application of an all-optical switch in a computer network.
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页码:1404 / 1406
页数:3
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