Title :
A real-time asynchronous dynamically re-sizable optical buffer for variable length 40Gbps optical packets
Author :
Garcia, John M. ; Mack, John P. ; Nguyen, Kimchau N. ; Hollar, Kurtis ; Burmeister, Emily F. ; Stamenic, Biljana ; Kurczveil, Géza ; Poulsen, Henrik N. ; Bowers, John E. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 40 Gbps dynamically re-sizable optical buffer capable of storing packets of lengths ranging from 40 to 800 bytes. Packet recovery measurements greater than 95% demonstrate a dynamic operating range of 5 dB.
Keywords :
buffer storage; optical communication equipment; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; optical buffer; optical packets; packet recovery measurements; Buffer storage; Delay; Feedforward systems; Indium phosphide; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
