Title :
A proposal for all-optical buffering
Author :
Chiaraluce, Franco ; Gambi, Ennio ; Mazzone, Marta ; Pierleoni, Paola
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica e Autom., Ancona Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The possibility of improving the performance of systems, avoiding electro/optical conversion is explored, by the introduction of optical memories. In particular, a buffering device is presented, in which the optical signal is stored in memory blocks based on the accumulated photon echo phenomenon. The complete operational function is performed using logical gates obtained through nonlinear interaction of spatial beams
Keywords :
buffer storage; nonlinear optics; optical logic; optical storage; photon echo; accumulated photon echo; all-optical buffering; logical gates; memory blocks; nonlinear interaction; optical memories; optical signal storage; spatial beams; system performance; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Memory; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Proposals;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1998. MELECON 98., 9th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Tel-Aviv
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3879-0
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1998.692355
