Concurrent generation of an optical code label and payload data by use of phase and intensity modulators for all-optical packet switching

Opt Lett. 2005 Oct 1;30(19):2539-41. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.002539.

Abstract

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.