Optical switch fabrics for ultra-high-capacity IP routers

被引:87
作者
Gripp, J [1 ]
Duelk, M
Simsarian, JE
Bhardwaj, A
Bernasconi, P
Laznicka, O
Zirngibl, M
机构
[1] Lucent Technol, Bell Labs, Crawford Hill, NJ 07733 USA
[2] Lucent Technol, Integrated Network Solut, Westford, MA 01886 USA
关键词
array waveguide gratings; burst-mode receivers; optical packet switching; terabit routers; tunable lasers;
D O I
10.1109/JLT.2003.819150
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Next-generation switches and routers may rely on optical switch fabrics to overcome scalability problems that arise in sizing traditional electrical backplanes into the terabit regime. In this paper, we present and discuss several optical switch fabric technologies. We describe a promising approach based on arrayed waveguide gratings and fast wavelength tuning and explain the challenges with respect to technical and commercial viability. Finally, we demonstrate an optical switch fabric capable of 1.2-Tb/s throughput and show packet switching with four ports running at 40 Gb/s each.
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页码:2839 / 2850
页数:12
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