title: Packet-level synchronization scheme for optical packet switched network nodes.
abstract: We demonstrate an all-optical, self-synchronization scheme for optical packet switched network nodes. It provides both the packet clock signal and the packet beginning, marker pulse. The circuit uses two hybridly integrated MZI switches and has been evaluated with synchronous, asynchronous and variable length, data packets at 10 Gb/s. It is compact and requires relatively low energies to operate.
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authors.lastname: Petrantonakis
authors.forename: D
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authors.lastname: Apostolopoulos
authors.forename: O
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authors.lastname: Zouraraki
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authors.lastname: Tsiokos
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authors.lastname: Bakopoulos
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authors.lastname: Avramopoulos