Incoherent Optical Correlator for Packet Header Recognition

Authors

• Muhsen Aljada, Edith Cowan University
• Rong Zheng, Edith Cowan University
• Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
• Khalid Al-Begain

Document Type

Journal Article

Keywords

pattern recognition, optical correlators, packet switching, fibre Bragg gratings, optical communication

Publisher

Wiley

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

Electron Science Research Institute (ESRI)

RAS ID

5166

Comments

Aljada, M. , Zheng, R. , Alameh, K. , & Al-Begain, K. (2006). Incoherent Optical Correlator for Packet Header Recognition. Microwave & Technology Letters, 48(9), 1725-1728. Available here

Abstract

We propose an incoherent optical correlator for header recognition in optical packet switched networks, employing arrays of fiber Bragg gratings with different Bragg wavelengths and different reflectivity profiles. The proof of principle is experimentally demonstrated by recognizing a 4-bit pattern at 2.2 Gb/s.