Title :
All-optical variable buffering in optical packet switching networks
Author :
Yang, J. ; Fontaine, N. ; Pan, Z. ; Karalar, A. ; Djordjevic, S. ; Yang, C. ; Chen, W. ; Chu, S. ; Little, B. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Abstract :
We investigated the system performance of variable slowlight buffers based on cascaded silica micro-resonator-rings. Continuous tunable buffering to wavelengths of choice is achieved, without losing any packets in an optical packet switching network.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; packet switching; all-optical variable buffering; cascaded silica micro-resonator-rings; continuous tunable buffering; optical packet switching networks; Bandwidth; Optical buffering; Optical distortion; Optical packet switching; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Propagation delay; Resonance; Silicon compounds; optical packet switching; ring resonator; slowlight; variable optical buffer;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804197
