Optical Packet Routing Performance of an Optical Packet Switch Digital/ Analog-Conversion-Type With an Optical Header Processor (Wavelength Label Switch)

We demonstrate the routing operation of optical packets by an optical packet switch consisting of an optical digital-to-analog conversion-type header processor, a wavelength converter using an electrically-tunable laser, and an arrayed-waveguide grating router. A packet transfer by two -bit optical header was achieved for the first time.