Nanosecond Electro-optic Switching with Time Synchronisation for Fronthaul TSN Applications

Bohao Sun; Tongyun Li; Vaigai Nayaki Yokar; Sen Shen; Stefano Stracca; Shuangyi Yan; Dimitra Simeonidou; Keren Bergman; Richard Penty; Qixiang Cheng

doi:10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11263309

Nanosecond Electro-optic Switching with Time Synchronisation for Fronthaul TSN Applications

Bohao Sun
, Tongyun Li
, Vaigai Nayaki Yokar
, Sen Shen
, Stefano Stracca
, Shuangyi Yan
, Dimitra Simeonidou
, Keren Bergman
, Richard Penty
, Qixiang Cheng^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper presents a high-speed photonic switching system with time synchronization, enabling nanosecond switching for time-sensitive fronthaul transmission. Fronthaul performance is measured, demonstrating 33ns switch-on latency and supporting 5G/6G dynamic traffic.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 51st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC2025)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331595319
ISBN (Print)	9798331595326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11263309
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2025
Event	The 51st European Conference on Optical Communication - The Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 28 Sept 2025 → 2 Oct 2025 https://ecoc2025.org/

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Name	European Conference on Optical Communication
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2688-2531
ISSN (Electronic)	2688-254X

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Conference	The 51st European Conference on Optical Communication
Abbreviated title	ECOC 2025
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	28/09/25 → 2/10/25
Internet address	https://ecoc2025.org/

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Sun, B., Li, T., Yokar, V. N., Shen, S., Stracca, S., Yan, S., Simeonidou, D., Bergman, K., Penty, R., & Cheng, Q. (2025). Nanosecond Electro-optic Switching with Time Synchronisation for Fronthaul TSN Applications. In The 51st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC2025) (European Conference on Optical Communication). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11263309

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Nanosecond Electro-optic Switching with Time Synchronisation for Fronthaul TSN Applications. / Sun, Bohao; Li, Tongyun; Yokar, Vaigai Nayaki et al.
The 51st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025. (European Conference on Optical Communication).

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