Exploiting time-to-wavelength conversion for all-optical label processing

被引：11
作者：
Calabretta, N [1 ]
Contestabile, G
Kim, SH
Lee, SB
Ciaramella, E
机构：
[1] Scuola Super Sant Anna, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[2] Korea Inst Sci & Technol, Seoul 130650, South Korea
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2006年 / 18卷 / 1-4期
关键词：
header processor; nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR); optical packet switching (OPS); self-synchronization; wavelength conversion;
D O I：
10.1109/LPT.2005.863207
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
We propose a novel asynchronous all-optical header processor based on time-to-wavelength conversion. It always requires only four optical functional blocks, i.e., the whole complexity does not linearly scale with the number of possible headers. The scheme is experimentally demonstrated at 10.9 Gb/s and four different headers are distinguished at four distinct outputs. The limited amount of switches (four), the low optical power operation, and the potential photonic integration of each switch in a single chip make the system highly scalable and, therefore, suitable for devising an all-optical packet switch.
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页码：436 / 438
页数：3
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