Title :
Optical fiber ring 150 Gbps data storage loop and spontaneous variable-length-pattern generator
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In future ultra-high-speed optical networks, there will be a need for ultra-high-speed packet buffers. The highest-data-rate stored packets reported to date were 80 Gbps, discounting the 200 GHz pulsed laser. Here we report spontaneous generation and storage of 150 Gbps packets in a fiber ring, using 9:1 rational-harmonic modulation, so that the packet roundtrip time is 1616 1/9 RF periods. The loop stores up to 14545 bits at 150.01713 Gbps.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; optical storage; 9:1 rational-harmonic modulation; GHz pulsed laser; Gbps packets; future ultra-high-speed optical networks; highest-data-rate stored packets; optical fiber ring Gbps data storage loop; packet roundtrip time; spontaneous generation; spontaneous variable-length-pattern generator; ultra-high-speed packet buffers; Autocorrelation; Laboratories; Memory; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Radio frequency; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality/Optical MEMS/Smart Pixels/Organic Optics and Optoelectronics. 1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4953-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1998.689695