Optical logic gate based optical router
First Claim
1. A blazed grating based electro-optic switching system, comprising:
- a fiber optic tap operable to receive an optical signal having header information and payload information and to form a first signal copy comprising at least the header information and a second signal copy comprising at least the payload information;
an electronic processor operable to receive the first signal copy and to perform electronic processing on the header information; and
an array of blazed grating based optical switch elements operable to receive the first and second signal copies and to perform an optical switching operation on the first and second signal copies.
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Abstract
A switching element capable of being used in an optical processing device includes an optical signal separator operable to separate a multiple wavelength optical signal into one or more optical signal wavelengths. The switching element further includes a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers located on a single semiconductor substrate. The plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers operable to perform an optical switching operation on at least one of the optical signal wavelengths. The switching element also includes a controller operable to generate a control signal that affects the optical switching operation performed by one or more of the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers.
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73 Claims
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1. A blazed grating based electro-optic switching system, comprising:
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a fiber optic tap operable to receive an optical signal having header information and payload information and to form a first signal copy comprising at least the header information and a second signal copy comprising at least the payload information;
an electronic processor operable to receive the first signal copy and to perform electronic processing on the header information; and
an array of blazed grating based optical switch elements operable to receive the first and second signal copies and to perform an optical switching operation on the first and second signal copies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A logic gate capable of being used in an optical processing device, comprising:
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at least a first optical amplifier and a second optical amplifier located approximately symmetrically in a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI), the first optical amplifier operable to receive a first data signal and the second optical amplifier operable to receive a second data signal, wherein the first data signal and the second data signal are received substantially simultaneously;
a light source coupled to the Mach Zehnder Interferometer and operable to generate a clock signal, wherein the clock signal traverses the first optical amplifier in a direction that is counter to a direction that the first data signal traverses the first optical amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A switching element capable of being used in an optical processing device, comprising:
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an optical signal separator operable to separate a multiple wavelength optical signal into one or more optical signal wavelengths;
a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers located on a single semiconductor substrate, the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers operable to perform an optical switching operation on at least one of the optical signal wavelengths; and
a controller operable to generate a control signal that affects the optical switching operation performed by one or more of the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A logic gate capable of being used in an optical router, comprising:
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a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers located in an interferometer, at least some of the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers operable to receive at least one data signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers operates at transparency; and
a light source coupled to the plurality of optical amplifiers and operable to generate a clock signal. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An optical switching system, comprising:
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a fiber optic tap operable to receive an optical signal having at least one packet label and packet data and to separate the optical signal into a first signal copy and a second signal copy comprising at least packet label;
a first all-optical processing device operable to receive the second signal copy and to perform optical processing on the at least one packet label; and
a second all-optical processing device operable to receive the first signal copy and the processed second signal copy, and to perform an optical switching operation on the first signal copy;
wherein at least one of the first and second all-optical processing devices comprises a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers located approximately symmetrically in an interferometer. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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57. A regenerative device capable of regenerating one or more optical signals, comprising:
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an optical signal separator operable to separate a multiple wavelength optical signal into one or more optical signal wavelengths;
a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers located on a single semiconductor substrate, the plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers collectively operable to perform an optical switching operation on at least one of the plurality of optical signal wavelengths; and
a light source coupled to the plurality of optical amplifiers and operable to generate at least a modulated clock signal. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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