A modular,cascadable,and self-controlled optical queue buffer is proposed,which can solve the packet contention at a 2×1 optical node.Controlled by incoming optical packets,the buffer can realize firstin-first-out queue buffering without the necessity of external control signals.By using optical threshold functions and wavelength converters based on semiconductor optical amplifier,the push and pop operations of packets on queue can both be achieved.In addition,preliminary experiment is carried out.
A novel method to generate binary frequency shift-keying(BFSK) radio frequency(RF) signals in optical domain is proposed.In the proposed system,an optical short pulse train is converted into super-Gaussian RF pulses with high frequency based on optical pulse shaping by two Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometers(MZIs).And the generated RF signals are coded using a fast electro-optic switch.By properly designing the MZIs,BFSK RF signals with desired code pattern and modulation index can be generated.A theoretical model for describing the system is developed,and the generation of BFSK RF signals in millimeter-wave regime is demonstrated via simulations.
