Title :
Demonstration of all-optical pattern recognition at 42Gbit/s
Author :
Yang, X. ; Webb, R.P. ; Manning, R.J. ; Maxwell, G.D. ; Poustie, A.J. ; Lardenois, S. ; Cotter, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical pattern recognition using semiconductor optical amplifier logic gates. For the first time, target patterns up to 256 bits long were successfully recognised and located in 42 Gbit/s data.
Keywords :
optical computing; optical logic; pattern recognition; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical pattern recognition; bit rate 42 Gbit/s; semiconductor optical amplifier logic gate; Educational institutions; High speed optical techniques; Logic gates; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Pattern recognition; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Target recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729085
