ALL-OPTICAL PACKET-DROP DEMONSTRATION USING 100-GB S WORDS BY INTEGRATING FIBER-BASED COMPONENTS/

Packet-drop function for a time-division multiplexing network using 10 0-Gb/s, 8-b words is experimentally demonstrated by integrating ad-opt ical header processing and payload demultiplexing with electrooptic pa cket routing. The header processor consists of two levels of all-optic al logic gates based on low birefringent nonlinear optical loop mirror s (NOLM's), and the payload demultiplexer is a two-wavelength NOLM. Bo th devices are driven by synchronized lasers with timing jitter under 1 ps. The contrast ratios for both header processor and demultiplexer are 10:1 and that of the packet router is 17 dB. The switching energie s for header processing and payload reading are 10 and 1 pJ/pulse, res pectively.