Title : 
Coherent receiver enabling data rate adaptive optical packet networks
         
        
            Author : 
Vacondio, F. ; Rival, O. ; Pointurier, Y. ; Simonneau, C. ; Lorcy, L. ; Antona, J.-C. ; Bigo, S.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose and demonstrate a rate-adaptive burst-mode coherent receiver with ultra fast convergence time. We propose the concept of data rate adaptive optical packet networks and show its network advantages in terms of queuing delay reduction.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre networks; optical receivers; queueing theory; data rate adaptive optical packet network; queuing delay reduction; rate-adaptive burst-mode coherent receiver; ultra fast convergence time; Adaptive optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical imaging; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical saturation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Geneva
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1918-9