• DocumentCode
    2014064
  • Title

    Synchronizing optical data and electrical control planes in asynchronous optical packet switches

  • Author

    Wolfson, D. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Rangarajan, S. ; Hu, Z. ; Blumenthal, D.J. ; Epps, G. ; Civello, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate the use of optical payload envelope detection in a 40 Gbit/s asynchronous optical packet switch to synchronize the optical data and electrical control planes. Measurements show 100% envelope recovery over an 8.5 dB packet power dynamic range.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; 8.5 dB; asynchronous optical packet switches; electrical control planes; envelope recovery; optical data synchronization; optical payload envelope detection; packet power dynamic range; Clocks; Enterprise resource planning; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Payloads; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215761
  • Filename
    1636792