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
fDate :
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.918218
