Optical pulse pattern generation for self-synchronizing 100 Gbit/s networks

Author

Rogers, D.C. ; Collins, J.V. ; Ford, C.W. ; Lucek, J. ; Shabeer, M. ; Sherlock, G. ; Cotter, D. ; Smith, K. ; Peed, C.M. ; Kelly, A.E. ; Gunning, P. ; Nesset, D. ; Lealman, I.F.

Author_Institution

British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

98

Lastpage

99

Abstract

Summary form only given. This paper describes active delay line devices constructed using hybrid semiconductor/passive optical waveguide technology. The application of these devices to derivation of a timing reference pulse and all-optical header recognition and self-routing of ultrafast packages with multibit addresses is demonstrated. The basic functions required to construct an all-optical self-routing asynchronous packet-switched network are developed.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; packet switching; synchronisation; telecommunication network routing; 100 Gbit/s; active delay line device; all-optical header recognition; asynchronous packet-switched network; hybrid semiconductor/passive optical waveguide technology; optical pulse pattern generator; self-routing; self-synchronizing network; timing reference pulse; ultrafast package; Delay lines; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor device packaging; Semiconductor waveguides; Timing; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.907676

Filename

907676