All-optical write/read memory for 20 Gbit/s data packets

M. Kalyvas,C. Bintjas,Kyriakos E. Zoiros,T. Houbavlis,Hercules Avramopoulos,L. Occhi,L. Schares,G. Guekos,S. Hansmann,R. Dall'ara

All-optical write/read memory for 20 Gbit/s data packets

2000

M. Kalyvas
C. Bintjas
Kyriakos E. Zoiros
T. Houbavlis
Hercules Avramopoulos
L. Occhi
L. Schares
G. Guekos
S. Hansmann
R. Dall'ara

A writable all-optical memory for variable length, 20 Gbit/s data packets is demonstrated. The memory uses an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) gate and does not perform data inverting in each pass. Regenerative storage with low switching energies is verified.

Keywords:

Ultrashort pulse
Gigabit
Optical storage
Interferometry
Electronic engineering
Computer hardware
Network packet
Computer science
variable length
all optical
Nonlinear system

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