Abstract
A novel low power and asynchronous all-optical header recogniser for pure DPSK packets based on narrow filtering and optical correlators is demonstrated. Experimental results show the recognition of two different packet headers at 12.5 Gbit/s at two distinct outputs. This concept can be extended to distinguish a larger number of headers at distinct outputs, to operate at higher bit rate and can be used in devising an all-optical packet switch.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1502-1503 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Electronics Letters |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |