Title :
All-optical PSK-encoded label recognition for all-optical packet switching
Author :
Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Piccinin, Davide ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical recognition of PSK-encoded label using a coherent delay-line correlator operating passively, in real-time and in total asynchronous way. By exploiting PSK label encoding, all-optical label recognition is combined to all-optical label swapping.
Keywords :
encoding; optical correlation; optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; phase shift keying; all-optical PSK-encoded label recognition; all-optical label swapping; all-optical packet switching; all-optical recognition; coherent delay-line correlator;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
