• DocumentCode
    1585468
  • Title

    All-optical variable delay buffer for next generation optical networks

  • Author

    Ashry, Islam ; Shalaby, Hossam M H

  • Author_Institution
    Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A novel all-optical delay buffer based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. This buffer has the ability to provide variable delay times and can store the contenting packets for a relatively long time.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; FBG; all-optical variable delay buffer; fiber Bragg gratings; next generation optical networks; Delay effects; Delay lines; Fabrics; Next generation networking; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; fiber Bragg gratings; optical delay buffer; optical networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7799-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7797-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549252
  • Filename
    5549252