Title :
Optical DRAMS using refreshable WDM loop memories
Author :
Chai, Y. ; Chen, J.H. ; Zhao, X.J. ; Zhang, J.P. ; Fan, J.Y. ; Choa, F.S. ; Lin, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
An optical DRAM, which can store information in its optical format for a long term, is demonstrated with a refreshable WDM loop memory. Optical data can be written and read at very high speed. A dynamically refreshable optical loop memory is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. With such technique, optical packet in the fiber loop can be stored as long as the time the system requires. It will be beneficial to the high capacity all optical network and high throughput data storage and retrieval applications
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical storage; packet switching; random-access storage; wavelength division multiplexing; data retrieval applications; high capacity all optical network; high throughput data storage; optical DRAMS; optical format; refreshable WDM loop memories; refreshable WDM loop memory; store information; All-optical networks; Asynchronous transfer mode; Integrated optics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Random access memory; Throughput; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732488
