Title :
All-Optical Network Consortium-ultrafast TDM networks
Author :
Barry, Richard A. ; Chan, Vincent W S ; Hall, Katherine L. ; Kintzer, Emily S. ; Moores, J.D. ; Rauschenbach, Kristin A. ; Swanson, Eric A. ; Adams, Laura E. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Finn, Steven G. ; Haus, Hermann A. ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Wong, William S. ; Haner,
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We describe recent results of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) sponsored Consortium on Wideband All-Optical Networks which is developing architectures, technology components, and applications for ultrafast 100 Gb/s time-division multiplexing (TDM) optical networks. The shared-media ultrafast networks we envision are appropriate for providing low-access-delay bandwidth on demand to both future high-burst rate (100 Gb/s) users as well aggregates of lower-rate users (i.e., a heterogeneous user population). To realize these goals we are developing ultrafast network architectures such as HLAN, described here, that operate well in high-latency environments and require only limited processing capability at the ultrafast bit rates. We also describe results on 80-Gb/s, 90-km soliton transmission, 100-Gb/s soliton compression laser source technology, picosecond short-pulse fiber ring lasers, picosecond-accuracy optical bit-phase sensing and clock recovery, all-optical injection-locked fiber figure-eight laser clock recovery, short-pulse fiber loop storage, and all-optical pulse width and wavelength conversion
Keywords :
broadband networks; delays; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; optical frequency conversion; optical solitons; performance evaluation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; 90 km; Advanced Research Projects Agency; All-Optical Network Consortium; HSLAN; LAN/MAN; TDM optical networks; all-optical injection-locked fiber; all-optical pulse width conversion; all-optical wavelength conversion; bandwidth on demand; figure-eight laser clock recover; heterogeneous user population; high-latency environments; low-access-delay; network architecture; optical bit-phase sensing; picosecond short-pulse fiber ring lasers; picosecond-accuracy; shared-media ultrafast networks; short-pulse fiber loop storage; soliton compression laser source technology; soliton transmission; ultrafast TDM networks; ultrafast network architectures; wideband all-optical network; All-optical networks; Bandwidth; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Ring lasers; Solitons; Time division multiplexing; Ultra wideband technology;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
