Burst-Mode Receiver And Its Application In Optical Switch

In the past years, IP and other data traffic grow greatly, and meanwhile the capacity of dense wavelength-division multiplexing transmission increases multiply. Recently, the legacy connect-oriented network is evolved towards IP-centric data network and, as a result, new generation optical network emerges. Some examples are multi-protocol label switching, optical circuit switching, optical packet switching, optical burst switching, light-trail, and other new type optical switch network. Among these optical networks, burst-mode access is essentially used as time-division multiplexing access. Up to date, the design of burst-mode receiver with high performance is still a key issue. This work aims to address the above issue and focuses on the design and its application of the burst-mode receiver.In this thesis, we first analysis the principle and performance of two typical burst-mode receivers. Then we select the approparate scheme to design and implement a burst-mode receiver. Finally, we test and evaluate the burst-mode receiver in a novel optical switch test in the lab. The organization of this thesis is as follows.