Programmable optical buffering using fiber Bragg gratings combined with a widely-tunable wavelength converter

1 January 2005

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 3
https://doi.org/10.1109/ofc.2005.192764

Abstract

A 40 Gbps RZ all-optical buffering method, implemented by FBG and tunable wavelength converter, is presented. Preliminary results of time-delay up to 7 /spl mu/s and pulse broadening were measured. System measurements at 10 Gbps show the desired delay programmability.

Keywords

OPTICAL BUFFERING
OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION
FIBER GRATINGS
BRAGG GRATINGS
PROPAGATION DELAY
WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT
REFLECTIVITY
OPTICAL PULSES
PULSE MEASUREMENTS
OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING

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