Demonstration of hybrid optoelectronic buffer for 10-Gbit/s arbitrary-length asynchronous optical packets

Author

Nakahara, T. ; Takenouchi, H. ; Urata, R. ; Yamazaki, H. ; Takahashi, R.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A hybrid optoelectronic buffer consisting of burst-mode compliant optical interfaces and CMOS RAM is demonstrated. With its ability to process 10-Gbit/s arbitrary-length asynchronous optical packets, the buffer is capable of supporting a variety of network services (QoS, multicast routing, etc.).

Keywords

CMOS memory circuits; buffer circuits; integrated optoelectronics; optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; optical pulse generation; packet switching; quality of service; random-access storage; telecommunication network routing; CMOS RAM; QoS; arbitrary-length asynchronous optical packets; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; burst-mode compliant optical interfaces; fiber delay lines; fiber loop; hybrid optoelectronic buffer; multicast routing; network services; optical clock pulse-train generator; optical packet switching; optical pulse-train generator; CMOS technology; Clocks; High speed optical techniques; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical switches; Prototypes; optical buffer; optical packet switching; parallel-to-serial conversion; serial-to-parallel conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307822

Filename

5307822