1ST DEMONSTRATION OF MULTIHOP ALL-OPTICAL PACKET-SWITCHING

被引:22
作者
BLUMENTHAL, DJ [1 ]
FEUERSTEIN, RJ [1 ]
SAUER, JR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO,OPTOELECTR COMP SYST RES CTR,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,BOULDER,CO 80309
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1109/68.275517
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
Experimental demonstration of all-optical multihop routing through 2 x 2 photonic packet switches is described for the first time. As each packet traverses a switch, the functions of routing, contention resolution, header regeneration, and header reinsertion are performed. Three all-optical hops are demonstrated for the payload without optical amplification. The number of hops is currently limited by -13 dB optical loss per switch pass. Each packet is coded using six discrete optical wavelengths, making this the widest bit-parallel photonic switch reported to date.
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页码:457 / 460
页数:4
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