Fast optical packet switching based on WDM
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 4 (10) , 1186-1188
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.163774
Abstract
An optical switch capable of routing a 3-Gb/s bit stream in 10-ns packets between ten different destinations is demonstrated. Switching time between destinations is 2 ns. The switch is based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. It uses a fast tunable laser capable of addressing 24 discrete optical frequencies spaced by 40 GHz.Keywords
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