Demonstration of an optical packet synchronizer for an optical packet switch

Author

Sakamoto, T. ; Okada, A. ; Hirayama, M. ; Sakai, Y. ; Moriwaki, O. ; Ogawa, I. ; Sato, R. ; Noguchi, K. ; Matsuoka, M.

Author_Institution

Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

762

Lastpage

763

Abstract

We have demonstrated a compact optical packet synchronizer. With a tunable DBR LD and SOA gates, the synchronization is successfully achieved with simple electric circuits by controlling the switching timing. Because OFCs are used, the OPSy is compact and the delay time can be controlled precisely. in this architecture, by increasing the number of wavelengths, finer resolution can be obtained without much increase in the losses and crosstalk.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflectors; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical losses; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; SOA gates; compact optical packet synchronizer; crosstalk; delay time; finer resolution; losses; optical packet switch; optical packet synchronizer; simple electric circuits; switching timing control; tunable DBR LD; Delay lines; High speed optical techniques; Optical crosstalk; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036702

Filename

1036702