DocumentCode
3528769
Title
42Gbit/s All-Optical Pattern Recognition System
Author
Webb, R.P. ; Yang, Xu ; Manning, R.J. ; Maxwell, G.D. ; Poustie, A.J. ; Lardenois, R.P.S. ; Cotter, D.
Author_Institution
Tyndall Nat. Inst., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose a novel programmable pattern recognition system employing all-optical logic gates and experimentally demonstrate key functions at 42 Gbit/s. Gate count is independent of target length and the temporal position of the target is identified.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical information processing; optical logic; pattern recognition; pattern recognition equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MZI-SOA; all-optical logic gates; all-optical pattern recognition system; bit rate 42 Gbit/s; gate count; hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder semiconductor optical amplifier interferometers; programmable pattern recognition system; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Logic gates; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pattern recognition; Synchronization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528630
Filename
4528630
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