DocumentCode
1359263
Title
All-optical write/read memory for 20 Gbit/s data packets
Author
Kalyvas, M. ; Bintjas, C. ; Zoiros, K. ; Houbavlis, T. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Occhi, L. ; Schares, L. ; Guekos, G. ; Hansmann, S. ; Ara, R. Dall
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Volume
36
Issue
12
fYear
2000
fDate
6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1050
Lastpage
1052
Abstract
A writable all-optical memory for variable length, 20 Gbit/s data packets is demonstrated. The memory uses an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) gate and does not perform data inverting in each pass. Regenerative storage with low switching energies is verified
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical storage; optical switches; 20 Gbit/s; Gbit/s data packets; all-optical write/read memory; low switching energies; regenerative storage; ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate; variable length; writable all-optical memory;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000751
Filename
852195
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