Title :
WDM reconfigurable optical delay buffer for optical packet switched networks
Author :
Chowdhury, Arshad ; Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Yu, Jianjun ; Chang, Gee-Kung ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a new scheme for wavelength selective reconfigurable optical delay buffer using folded-path architecture. Experimental results show that multiple 10 Gbps WDM packets can simultaneously be delayed variable amount of time with less than 1 dB power penalty.
Keywords :
buffer storage; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM reconfigurable optical delay buffer; folded-path architecture; optical packet switched networks; Delay effects; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Propagation delay; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216023
