2/spl times/2 all-optical exchange-bypass switch

LEOS Summer Topical Meeting - Trang TuC3-TuC3
M. Kalyvas1, G. Theophilopoulos1, C. Bintjas1, N. Pleros1, A. Stavdas1, H. Avramopoulos1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National and Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Tóm tắt

We demonstrate an optically addressable 2/spl times/2 exchange-bypass switch operating with 10 Gbps data packets. Switching is achieved in an optical amplifier gate and the performance of the device is independent of packet length and content.

Từ khóa

#Optical packet switching #Optical switches #Ultrafast optics #Optical interferometry #Pulse modulation #Nonlinear optics #Optical pulse generation #Stimulated emission #Optical fiber polarization #Optical variables control

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