title: Time-slot interchange of 40 Gbits/s variable length optical packets using conversion-dispersion-based tunable delays.
abstract: We demonstrate tunable time-slot interchange of 40 Gbits/s optical data packets using a conversion-dispersion-based tunable optical delay element. Odd and even data packets are extracted from an input signal, delayed relative to one another in a highly dispersive medium, and then multiplexed back together. Tunability is demonstrated by operating with two different packet lengths, 182 and 288 bits/packet, and a bit error rate of <10(-9) is achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. oyilmaz@usc.edu
authors.forename: Omer F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Louis
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authors.lastname: Christen
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Nuccio
authors.forename: Irfan
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authors.lastname: Fazal
authors.forename: Alan E
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authors.lastname: Willner