Title :
Latency-free all-optical recognition of 32-bit optical bit patterns at 40 Gb/s using a passive optical correlator
Author :
Kang, I. ; Rasras, M. ; Dinu, M. ; Buhl, L. ; Cabot, S. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Gomez, L.T. ; Chen, Y.F. ; Patel, S.S. ; Giles, C.R. ; Dutta, N. ; Piccirilli, A. ; Jaques, J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
We report all-optical detection of 32-bit patterns embedded in 40-Gb/s phase-shift keyed data. The bit-pattern recognition is achieved using matched filtering implemented with a reconfigurable silica waveguide tapped delay-line filter.
Keywords :
optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; 32-bit optical bit patterns; all-optical detection; latency-free all-optical recognition; matched filtering; passive optical correlator; reconfigurable silica waveguide tapped delay-line filter; Correlators; Fiber nonlinear optics; Holographic optical components; Holography; Matched filters; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Pattern recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729574
