Abstract

Many types of all-optical header processing techniques have been investigated to speed up telecommunication networks. High-speed label switching using a multimode interference bistable laser diode has been demonstrated for 1-bit header [1]. We have investigated the all-optical buffer memory which memorizes an arbitrary one bit from optical signal trains using AND gate and memory functionalities of 1.55-μm polarization bistable VCSELs [2]. In this presentation, we report an experiment on an optical packet header processing system using the same functionalities of the polarization bistable VCSELs.

© 2013 IEEE