Opto-VLSI-based correlator architecture for multiwavelength optical header recognition

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2779-2785

  Aljada, Muhsen ^a   Alameh, Kamal E ^a   Al Begain, Khalid ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical correlators; Packet switching; Pattern recognition; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

CORRELATORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PACKET SWITCHING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TABLE LOOKUP; VLSI CIRCUITS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AUTOCORRELATION WAVEFORM; MULTIWAVELENGTH OPTICAL HEADER RECOGNITION; OPTICAL PATTERNS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33746365213     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.875949     Document Type: Article

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