Open AccessHuge capacity optical packet switching and buffering
Author(s) -
Satoshi Shinada,
Hideaki Furukawa,
Naoya Wada
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.00b406
Subject(s) - terabit , optics , wavelength division multiplexing , optical switch , polarization (electrochemistry) , optical path , packet switching , optical burst switching , optical performance monitoring , network packet , materials science , physics , wavelength , computer science , computer network , chemistry
We demonstrate 2.56 Tbit/s/port dual-polarization DWDM/DQPSK variable-length optical packet (20 Gbit/s × 64 wavelengths × 2 polarizations) switching and buffering by using a 2×2 optical packet switch (OPS) system. The optical data plane of the OPS system was constructed of multi-connected electro-optical switches and fiber delay lines. The accumulated polarization dependent loss of each optical path in the data plane was less than 5 dB. This low-polarization-dependence OPS system enabled us to handle DWDM/DQPSK optical packets (1.28 Tbit/s/port) with time-varying polarization after transmission through 100 km fiber in the field.