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
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