Title :
All-optical buffering of 40-Gb/s data packets
Author :
Hall, K.L. ; Rauschenbach, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Ultrafast slotted, time-division-multiplexed (TDM) multiaccess networks will utilize optical buffers at user nodes to hold data packets until they are transmitted and to hold received packets until they are demultiplexed or rate converted. We demonstrate the loading and unloading of a compensating optical fiber loop buffer storing packets of 40-Gb/s data for over 300 circulations.
Keywords :
compensation; demultiplexing; multi-access systems; optical fibre networks; optical storage; time division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; Gb/s data; Gb/s data packets; TDM multiaccess networks; all-optical buffering; compensating optical fiber loop buffer storing packets; data packets; demultiplexed; optical buffers; rate converted; received packets; ultrafast slotted time-division-multiplexed multiaccess networks; Buffer storage; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Time division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
