Title :
Continuously-Tunable Optical Delay Lines for Reconfigurable Switching and Processing
Author :
Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Southern California Univ., Los Angeles
Abstract :
Tunable optical delay lines have many applications for high-performance switching and processing. We explore the enabling technologies for achieving tunable optical delay lines, various figures-of-merit, and critical engineering challenges.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical delay lines; OTDM; SBS; bit-level optical-time-division-multiplexing; inter-channel chromatic dispersion; invited continuously-tunable optical delay lines; packet-level synchronization; reconfigurable processing; reconfigurable switching; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Delay lines; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300736
