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High speed packet routing demonstration of a vertical coupler crosspoint space switch array

S Yu, R Varrazza, RV Penty, IH White

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    Abstract

    Summary form only given. Future all-optical networks require high-speed routing of packets. Current commercial optical space switches typically have switching times in the order of milliseconds, which is unsuitable for this kind of application. Other devices based on semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) gates offer nanosecond switch times. These devices are essentially based on broadcast-block-combine architectures, which are chip-area hungry when integrated and difficult to upscale. They could also be power hungry because several gates have to be switched on to establish a route
    Translated title of the contributionHigh speed packet routing demonstration of a vertical coupler crosspoint space switch array
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO'2000), San Francisco, USA
    PublisherOpt. Soc. America
    Pages256 - 257
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Print)1557526346
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 May 2000

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