Conference Proceedings

Parallel processing of optical labels using switching-wavelength pulse source constructed from novel chirped fiber grating based SOA ring laser

KL Lee, A Nirmalathas

Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO Technical Digest | Published : 2005

Abstract

A label pre-processor has been demonstrated using a switching-wavelength pulsed optical source with a channel spacing of 0.8nm. A high-speed label has been converted into 8 parallel channels for label recognition at relatively slow speed.