Exploiting time-to-wavelength conversion for all-optical label processing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 436-438

  Calabretta, N ^a,b   Contestabile, G ^b   Kim, S H ^c   Lee, S B ^c   Ciaramella, E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Header processor; Nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR); Optical packet switching (OPS); Self synchronization; Warelength conversion

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SWITCHES;

ALL-OPTICAL; FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS; HEADER PROCESSOR; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION (NPR); ON TIME; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING (OPS); OPTICAL POWER OPERATION; OPTICAL-; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; SELF-SYNCHRONIZATION; SINGLE CHIPS; WARELENGTH CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34548163787     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863207     Document Type: Article

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