Active vertical-coupler-based optical crosspoint switch matrix for optical packet-switching applications |
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Authors: | Varrazza R Djordjevic IB Siyuan Yu |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, UK; |
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Abstract: | Packet-switching characteristics are optimized across an integrated 4 /spl times/ 4 optical crosspoint switch matrix consisting of active vertical-coupler-based switch cells. Optical gain difference between the shortest and the longest paths less than 3 dB is demonstrated. Bit error rate (BER) and power penalty measurements during packet routing have also been carried out over the entire 4 /spl times/ 4 matrix. At a 10-Gb/s packet data rate, a less than 1-dB power penalty is observed across the switch matrix, and the possibility for error-free packet routing is demonstrated with no BER floor observed. |
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