An Optical Grooming Switch for High-Speed Traffic Aggregation in Time, Space and Wavelength

• Main Author: Vorreau, Philipp (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2010
• Series: Karlsruhe Series in Photonics & Communications / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ)
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; All-Optical Regeneration; Traffic Grooming and Aggregation; Time Division Multiplexing; Optical Communications; Wavelength Division Multiplexing
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this book a novel optical switch is designed, developed, and tested. The switch integrates optical switching, transparent traffic aggregation/grooming, and optical regener-ation. Innovative switch subsystems are developed that enable these functionalities, including all-optical OTDM-to-WDM conver...