Title :
A Novel Fast Programmable Optical Buffer with Variable Delays
Author :
Xinwan Li ; Limei Peng ; Jianping Chen ; Songbo Wang ; Guiling Wu ; Jialin Lu ; Young-Chon Kim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
An optical fiber buffering structure was proposed by embedding 3J feed-forward optical fiber delay lines into a re-circulating loop. By using SOAs as the ON-OFF switches, this structure is fast programmable and scalable.
Keywords :
optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical switches; fast programmable optical buffer; feed-forward optical fiber delay lines; optical fiber buffering structure; variable delays; Delay lines; Feedforward systems; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528071
