4 × 4 Demonstration of A 1.2 Tb/s (32 × 40 Gb/s) Optical Switch Fabric for Multi-Tb/S Packet Routers

We demonstrate error-free, asynchronous packet transmission and fast simultaneous switching on four 40 Gb/s ports in a 32-port optical switch fabric. The sensitivity under switching is better than -3 dBm for all four burst-mode receivers