Title :
Design of optical storage elements
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dharan, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
The proposed design of an all-optical packet switching system is discussed. The main optical elements used in this design are optical interference filters (IFs) and mirrors. These optical IFs are based on the Fabry-Perot etalons and can operate in three different modes: transmission, reflection, and absorption. These IFs have been experimentally shown to process data carried by a light beam in as fast as a few picoseconds
Keywords :
light absorption; light reflection; light transmission; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical switches; packet switching; Fabry-Perot etalons; absorption mode; all-optical packet switching system; optical interference filters; optical storage elements; reflection mode; transmission mode; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Passive optical networks; Shift registers;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1991. Proceedings., 6th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
LJubljana
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-655-1
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1991.161932
