Title :
Continuously Tunable, Wavelength-Selective Buffering in Optical Packet Switching Networks
Author :
Yang, Jie ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Pan, Zhong ; Karalar, Aytug O. ; Djordjevic, Stevan S. ; Yang, Chunxin ; Chen, Wei ; Chu, Sai ; Little, Brent E. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, CA
fDate :
6/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This letter investigates system performance of slow-light variable optical buffer based on cascaded stages of tunable silica microresonator rings. Continuous tunability is achieved by adjusting the resonance of each ring on the compact photonic integrated circuit. The all-pass configuration allows selectively applying variable delays to wavelengths of choice without losing any packets in an optical packet switching network.
Keywords :
integrated optics; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon compounds; SiO2; all-pass configuration; compact photonic integrated circuit; optical packet switching networks; silica microresonator rings; variable optical buffer; Bandwidth; Delay; Microcavities; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Tunable circuits and devices; All-pass filters; optical packet switching (OPS); ring resonators; slow light; variable optical buffer;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.923765
