Title :
Performance of DPSK and NRZ-OOK signals in a novel folded-path optical packet switch buffer
Author :
Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Yu, Jianjun ; Chang, Gee-Kung
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A novel and physically compact optical time delay buffer with nanoseconds reconfigurability is presented. Experiment results showed that the optimization of various design parameters resulted in greater range of delay value and smaller delay time step granularity.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; buffer storage; differential phase shift keying; optical delay lines; optical switches; packet switching; DPSK; NRZ-OOK; all-optical buffer; delay time step granularity; delay value range; dynamically reconfigurable buffer; folded-path optical packet switch buffer; packet switched optical networks; physically compact optical time delay buffer; traveling-wave buffer; Delay effects; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192763
