Abstract
We propose a burst optical packet generator based on a novel photonic parallel-to-serial conversion scheme, and demonstrate 40-Gbit/s 16-bit optical packet generation from 16-ch parallel low-voltage TTL data streams. It consists of electrical 4:1 parallel-to-serial converters that employ InP metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors, and an optical time-domain multiplexer with electroabsorption modulators. The proposed optical packet generator is suitable for burst optical packet generation and overcomes the electronic bandwidth limitation, which is prerequisite for achieving high-speed photonic packet switched networks. In addition, it can be driven by simple low-cost low-power CMOS logic circuits, and is compact and extensible in terms of the number of input channels due to the effective combination of electrical and optical multiplexing.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 825-827 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEICE Transactions on Electronics |
| Volume | E87-C |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 May |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector
- Optical packet generation
- Packet-switched network
- Parallel-to-serial conversion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering