DocumentCode
1685908
Title
A 40 Gb/s Asynchronous Optical Packet Buffer Based on an SOA Gate Matrix for Contention Resolution
Author
Mack, J.P. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Burmeister, E.F. ; Bowers, J.E. ; Blumenthal, D.J.
Author_Institution
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
fYear
2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate a 40 Gb/s optical packet buffer with asynchronous and autonomous control for use in contention resolution. Layer-2 (packet recovery) measurements are presented with less than 1 dB power penalty up to 10 circulations.
Keywords
buffer storage; field programmable gate arrays; matrix algebra; optical fibre networks; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA gate matrix; asynchronous optical packet buffer; autonomous control; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; contention resolution; field programmable gate array; layer-2 measurement; semiconductor optical amplifier; Delay lines; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Payloads; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-831-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348770
Filename
4348770
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