Title :
Optical Synchronization of a 10-G Ethernet Packet and Time-Division Multiplexing to a 50-Gb/s Signal Using an Optical Time Lens
Author :
Hu, Hao ; Areal, Janaina L. ; Palushani, Evarist ; Oxenlowe, Leif K. ; Clausen, Anders ; Berger, Michael S. ; Jeppesen, Palle
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A 10-G Ethernet packet with maximum packet size of 1518 bytes is synchronized to a master clock with 200-kHz frequency offset using a time lens. The input 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero packet is at the same time converted into a return-to-zero (RZ) packet with a pulsewidth of 10 ps and then time-division multiplexed with four 10-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexing (OTDM) channels, thus constituting a 50-Gb/s OTDM serial signal. Error-free performances of the synchronized RZ packet and demultiplexed packet from the aggregated 50-Gb/s OTDM signal are achieved.
Keywords :
lenses; optical fibre LAN; synchronisation; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; Ethernet packet; OTDM serial signal; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; demultiplexed packet; master clock; nonreturn-to-zero packet; optical synchronization; optical time lens; optical time-division-multiplexing channels; return-to-zero packet; synchronized RZ packet; Ethernet networks; Lenses; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Synchronization; Ethernet packet; optical Fourier transformation (OFT); optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM); packet clock recovery; synchronization; time lens;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2073460
