Self-synchronization scheme for OTDM packet signal using a symmetric Mach Zehnder switch

Author

Ngah, Razali ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Volume

1

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Abstract

The key issue in being able to implement efficient all-optical switching/routing is the ability to carry out synchronization between the switching node and the incoming packets. In this paper we report the simulation results of all optical clock recovery scheme for packet-level self-synchronization using a single symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ) switch. Simulation results demonstrate that clock recovery is successfully carried out employing SMZ switches with high on-off ratio and low crosstalk. On-off ratio for different packets separation has been carried out, showing that long packets separation results in a higher on-off ratio

Keywords

optical communication; optical switches; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; OTDM packet signal; optical clock recovery scheme; optical routing; optical switching; optical time division multiplexing; packet-level self-synchronization; packets separation; self-synchronization scheme; symmetric Mach Zehnder switch; Clocks; Communication switching; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Packet switching; Payloads; Self-synchronization; all-optical switch; crosstalk; on-off ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 2005. Jointly held with the 2005 IEEE 7th Malaysia International Conference on Communication., 2005 13th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

ISSN

1531-2216

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0000-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2005.1635486

Filename

1635486