Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

High Speed Systems Engineering Laboratory

Overview

Students and faculty work in this laboratory to design, fabricate, and test new fiber-optic network light trails systems and devices and other high speed circuits and systems.

Faculty

  • Mani Mina (Laboratory Supervisor)
  • Arun Somani
  • Robert Weber

CAD support

  • Ansoft HFSS
  • Fiber-Optic Device Software

Network, Spectrum, and Time Analysis

  • Agilent Light Wave Network Analyzer
  • Agilent Light Wave Spectrum Analyzer
  • Tektronix OTDR and Electrical TDR Oscilloscope to > 20GHz
  • Teradyne J750 64 channel – 100 Mb/s and Mixed Signal Option

Other Equipment

Other equipment from the Carver High Speed Systems Laboratory such as a Pseudo Random Bit Sequence pulse generator up to 3 Gb/s and eye diagram oscilloscope for 3 Gb/s eye diagrams.

Recent and Current Work

  • NSF-CISE, “High Speed System Engineering”
  • Magneto-Optic Switches for Fiber-Optics

Recent Papers

1. R. Bahaguna, M. Mina, R. Weber, “Novel All Fiber Magneto-optic On-off Switch”, SPIE 50th annual meeting, Optical and Photonic 2005, San Diego, July 31- August 4, 2005.  Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 5907, Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VII, 2005.

2. M. Mina, Arun K. Somani, N. VanderHorn, and R. Bahuguna, Robert Weber,  High Speed Systems Engineering: A new trend in Electrical and Computer Engineering,”  2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, July 2005, Portland, Oregon

3. M. Mina, R. Weber, R. Bahuguna, High speed measurement and testing,” 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, July 2005, Portland, Oregon.

4. R. Bahuguna, M. Mina and R.J. Weber, “Magneto-optic based fiber switch for optical communications,” Intermag 2006 Conference, IEEE Magnetics Society, May 8-12, 2006, Town and Country Resort & Convention Center,San Diego, California.

5. N. VanderHorn, S. Balasubramanian, M. Mina, Robert J. Weber, A. K. Somani, “Light-Trail Testbed for Metro Optical Networks,” to appear in 2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, TridentCom 2006.

6. Robert J Weber, Mani Mina, “Incorporating the J750 into the ECPE Curriculum, TESTING and an ECPE Curriculum,” Teradyne Users Group 2006, Marriot Sawgrass Resort, Ponte Vedra Resort, Ponte Vedra, Florida, May 1-3, 2006

7. "Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Switch Utilizing Faraday Rotation," Rashmi Bahuguna, Mani Mina, Robert J. Weber, Paper No. BH-01, 10th Joint MMM/Intermag IEEE Conference, Baltimore, Jan. 7-12, 2007.

8. Jin-Wei Tioh, Mani Mina, Robert J. Weber,  “Magnetically Controlled Switches for Optoelectronics Networking: The Problem, Available Technology, New Implementations,” Paper No. EU-01, 10th Joint MMM/Intermag IEEE Conference, Baltimore, Jan. 7-12, 2007.

9. Bahuguna, R.; Mina, M.; Tioh, J.-W.; Weber, R.J.;  “Magneto-Optic-Based Fiber Switch for Optical Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Volume 42,  Issue 10,  Oct. 2006 pp3099 - 3101