Analysis of a time-lens based optical frame synchronizer and retimer for 10G Ethernet aiming at a Tb/s optical router/switch design

Janaina Laguardia Areal, Hao Hu, Christophe Peucheret, Evarist Palushani, R.S. Puttini, Anders Clausen, Michael Stübert Berger, Alexey Vladimirovich Osadchiy, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe

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    Abstract

    This paper analyzes experimentally and by numerical simulations an optical frame retimer and synchronizer unit for 10 Gbit/s Ethernet input frames. The unit is envisaged to be applied in the design of an optically transparent router for Optical Time Division Multiplexed (OTDM) links, aggregating traffic from several 10 Gbit/s Ethernet (10 GE) links. The scheme is based on time-lenses implemented through a combination of a sinusoidally driven optical phase modulation and linear dispersion. Our analysis extracts the operation range of the scheme used for synchronization and retiming in the context of 10 Gbit/s Ethernet, considering the frequency offset to the local clock within the specified standard tolerance (i.e.  1 MHz for 10 Gbit/s Ethernet) and the Ethernet frame size (i.e. up to 1526 bytes). We also provide preliminary design insights to increase the operation range.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication14th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date2010
    PagesP-3
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-5973-5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    Event14th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling - Kyoto, Japan
    Duration: 1 Feb 20103 Feb 2010
    Conference number: 14
    http://www-mura.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/ondm2010/

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    Conference14th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling
    Number14
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityKyoto
    Period01/02/201003/02/2010
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