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
fDate :
6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000751
