Demonstration of a variable optical delay for a recirculating buffer by using all-optical signal processing

Author

Liu, Y. ; Hill, M.T. ; Geldenhuys, R. ; Calabretta, N. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1748

Lastpage

1750

Abstract

We demonstrate a variable optical delay by using a recirculating loop that is controlled by all-optical signal processing technology. This concept can be utilized in all-optical recirculating buffers. The variable optical delay is realized by using an optical threshold function and a wavelength converter. We show that in case of packet contention, one optical packet is recirculated four times in the loop and when the contention disappears, the packet is routed out of the optical loop.

Keywords

buffer storage; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; photonic switching systems; all-optical recirculating buffers; all-optical signal processing; optical threshold function; packet contention; recirculating loop; variable optical delay; wavelength converter; Delay effects; Delay lines; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.829536

Filename

1308286