Title :
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
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0000-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICON.2005.1635486
