Optoelectronic switching: technology and architecture

R. Ian MacDonald; Rohit Sharma; Barrie P. Keyworth; David D. Clegg

doi:10.1117/12.265352

30 January 1997 Optoelectronic switching: technology and architecture

R. Ian MacDonald, Rohit Sharma, Barrie P. Keyworth, David D. Clegg

Proceedings Volume 2918, Emerging Components and Technologies for All-Optical Photonic Systems II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.265352
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In optical networks using wavelength routing the ability to assign wavelength channels independently on each link is very useful but to maintain optical transparency then becomes very difficult. In fact optical transparency is not a specific requirement of networks that transmit signals independent of their format. Transponders can provide wavelength conversion if adequate performance can be achieved in the electronic routing of signals independent of format. We demonstrate experimentally a 10 multiplied by 10 matrix switch that is bit-rate, format, and modulation transparent for analogue signals and data at various rates up to 2.5 Gbps. The switch architecture is suitable for use in a wavelength converting transponder node. Prospects for staging these devices at OC-48 and OC-192 rates are discussed.

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R. Ian MacDonald, Rohit Sharma, Barrie P. Keyworth, and David D. Clegg "Optoelectronic switching: technology and architecture", Proc. SPIE 2918, Emerging Components and Technologies for All-Optical Photonic Systems II, (30 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.265352

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