Optical Processing Technologies for Transparent Optical Networks

4/4/2002


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Table of Contents

Optical Processing Technologies for Transparent Optical Networks

PPT Slide

Toward Network Transparency

Outline

Outline

The Demand for Bandwidth

OTDM Communication System

Advantages of Optical Time Division Multiplexing

Reconfigurable OTDM Receiver

Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD)

Symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ) Switch

Optical Switch Characterization

Optical Switching Windows

Ultrafast SMZ Optical Switch Measurement

Survey of Optical Switch Performance

100 Gb/s System Demonstration

Single-Shot Sampling Concept

Single-Shot Sampling System

2-Pulse Waveform Measurement

160 GHz Sampling System Results

Applications of Ultrafast Optical Switches

Outline

Routing and Switching Performance Trend

OLS Network Architecture Goals

Optical Label Switching (OLS) Technology

OLS Subsystems

OLS Router System Architecture

OLS Network Applications

Telcordia OLS Testbed Demonstration

Benefits of Optical Label Switching

Applications of OLS Technology

Challenges to Transparent Networking

Author: Robert Runser

Email: rrunser@research.telcordia.com