Title :
Optical packet synchronizer using wavelength and space switching
Author :
Sakamoto, Takashi ; Okada, Akira ; Hirayama, Mamoru ; Sakai, Yoshihisa ; Moriwaki, Osamu ; Ogawa, Ikuo ; Sato, Rieko ; Noguchi, Kazuto ; Matsuoka, Morito
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
The authors develop and demonstrate an optical packet synchronizer. Synchronization with a time resolution of 16 ns is achieved by selecting one of 64 optical paths, each with a different length, using wavelength and space switching based on a tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser diode and eight semiconductor optical amplifier gates per channel. Asynchronous optical packet signals are successfully aligned in a series of common time slots.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; optical delay lines; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; asynchronous optical packet signal alignment; common time slots; delay lines; optical packet synchronizer; optical path selection; semiconductor optical amplifier gates; space switching; synchronization; time resolution; tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser diode; wavelength conversion; wavelength switching; Delay lines; Optical crosstalk; Optical packet switching; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Synchronization; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.800729
