• DocumentCode
    1169306
  • Title

    All-optical buffering using laser neural networks

  • Author

    Liu, Y. ; Hill, M.T. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    596
  • Lastpage
    598
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-optical buffering method that can handle contention of three optical packets. We have employed a laser neural network as an all-optical arbiter that decides whether packet contention takes place. The laser neural network drives a wavelength routing switch that is used to route the data packets into fiber delay lines. Experimental results are presented.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; all-optical arbitration; all-optical buffering; data packet routing; fiber delay lines; laser neural networks; optical packets; packet contention; wavelength routing switch; Fiber nonlinear optics; Neural networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical computing; Optical control; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.809276
  • Filename
    1190215