title: All-optical switching of 40 Gb/s packets by MMI-BLD optical label memory.
abstract: We demonstrated all-optical label storing and switching for 40 Gb/s optical packets by using all-optical signal processing of multimode interference bistable laser diode optical flip-flops. The stored optical labels in the optical flip-flop controlled an all-optical switch to forward the injected optical packets. The 40 Gb/s optical packets were successfully switched in the all-optical scheme with 11-dB extinction ratio. Error-free operation for the output packets from the switch was also obtained with 1.3-dB power penalty. The presented all-optical packet switching has the advantages of ultrafast switching and transparency of data rate and format, suitable for the future optical networks.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanema
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raburn
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyahara