• DocumentCode
    1086685
  • Title

    A Simplified Optical Correlator and Its Application to Packet-Header Recognition

  • Author

    Geraghty, David F. ; Salem, Reza ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., Ithaca
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    489
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a novel temporal simplified optical correlator. All-optical packet-header recognition of 4-bit patterns at 100 Gb/s is accomplished, and modeling of the system indicates that scaling to 8-bit patterns at 1 Tb/s can be readily achieved.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; packet switching; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; optical correlator; packet switching; packet-header recognition; Correlators; Holographic optical components; Holography; Lenses; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical communication; optical correlators; optical signal processing; packet switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2008.918218
  • Filename
    4459732