Author(s):
Reis, C. ; Parca, G. ; Bougioukos, M. ; Maziotis, A. ; Pinna, S. ; Giannoulis, G. ; Brahmi, H. ; André, P. ; Calabretta, N. ; Vercesi, V. ; Berrettini, G. ; Kouloumentas, C. ; Bogoni, A. ; Chattopadhyay, T. ; Erasme, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Teixeira, A.
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/32540
Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
Subject(s): All-optical packet switching; Mach– Zehnder interferometer; Optical flip-flop; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength conversion
Description
In this paper, we address the experimental implementation of an all-optical packet routing scheme, with contention resolution capability, using interconnected semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) structures. Cross talk stemming from the blocked packets, due to the nonideal switching performed by the SOA-MZIs, is analyzed in every stage of the routing configuration. The routing functions and states performance are evaluated through bit-error ratio measurements and extinction ratio analysis. © 2014 Optical Society of America.
