Fast tunable parallel optical delay line for communication and dynamic bandwidth allocation

Author

Craig Beal, A. ; Kumavor, Partick D. ; Kelm, J.H. ; Wang, Bing C.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

709

Abstract

Here we demonstrate that the fast tunable parallel optical delay line (FTDL) may be used to achieve high speed switching between optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) channels with multiple bit rates and explain how this capability can be used to implement dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA). These capabilities can provide enhanced functionality to high speed LANs and optical interconnects. This is also useful for local area networks and metro area networks that support users that have different service demands.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; metropolitan area networks; optical delay lines; optical fibre LAN; optical interconnections; optical switches; optical tuning; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; OTDM; dynamic bandwidth allocation; fast tunable parallel optical delay line; high speed LAN; high speed switching; local area networks; metro area networks; multirate communication; optical interconnects; optical time division multiplexing channels; Bit rate; Channel allocation; Clocks; Delay lines; High speed optical techniques; Modulation coding; Optical devices; Pulse modulation; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363436

Filename

1363436