Abstract
We discuss an architecture and underlying technologies of terabit-per-second network with the spectral-domain modulation. The baseline architecture is TDM which exploits our techniques for imposing > 1000 pixel phase and amplitude modulation on the spectrum of a 100 fs laser pulse, using microsecond radiofrequency pulse trains, for all-optical demultiplexing to efficiently select 100 fs-100 ps time slices. The network architectures we will initially explore is a single-hop star network that uses an active star coupler as a shared medium. We will also explore a WDM/TDM network with a waveguide grating router as its hub.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 75-86 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 3231 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Event | Performance and Control of Network Systems - Dallas, TX, United States Duration: Nov 3 1997 → Nov 3 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- A single-hop star network
- Acousto-optical modulator (AOM)
- Optical network
- Pulse shaping
- Spectral-domain modulation
- Ultrafast multiplexing and demultiplexing
- WDM/TDM
- Waveguide grating router (WGR)