1×16 optical packet switch sub-system with a monolithically integrated InP optical switch

We demonstrate a 1×16 optical packet switch sub-system for 160 Gbps RZ-OOK and 12 × 10 Gbps multi-wavelength DPSK packets. We show error-free operation with maximum penalties of 0.7 dB for 160 Gbps RZ-OOK and 0.6 dB for multi-wavelength DPSK packets.

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