Title :
All-Optical Packet-Header Recognition at 100 Gb/s Using a Simplified 4-f Correlator
Author :
Geraghty, David F ; Salem, R. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
A novel high-speed correlator is proposed and demonstrated for packet-header recognition at 100 Gb/s. The system includes only linear optical components, operates with low optical powers, and is scalable to 1 Tb/s.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; 4-f correlator; all-optical packet-header recognition; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; linear optical components; Correlators; Dispersion; High speed optical techniques; Lenses; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical packet switching; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528234
