Concurrent generation of an optical code label and payload data by use of phase and intensity modulators for all-optical packet switching.
We propose and experimentally demonstrate the concurrent generation of an optical code label and payload data by use of off-the-shelf optical intensity and phase modulators in a tandem structure. This technique is capable of reconfigurable generation of an arbitrarily long optical code label of phase-shift keying concurrently with the generation of payload data, without the need for a special class of optical encoder. This technique will be powerful for all-optical packet switching networks, based on scalability and compactness, for optical code labels.
Kataoka
Nobuyuki
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Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan. kataoka@eie.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Kitayama
Ken-ichi
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Wada
Naoya
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Kubota
Fumito
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