An enhanced SOA-based double-loop optical buffer for storage of variable-length packet

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-431

  Fu, Songnian ^a   Shum, P ^a   Ngo, Nam Quoc ^a   Wu, Chongqing ^b   Li, Yajie ^b   Chan, C C ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber loop optical buffer; Optical packet switching (OPS); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Variable length packet

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PACKET SWITCHING; PHASE SHIFT;

DUAL-LOOP OPTICAL BUFFER; FIBER LOOP OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 40749085203     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912516     Document Type: Article

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