Self-routing of 100 Gbit/s packets using 6 bit ‘keyword’address recognition

Abstract

The authors report the first demonstration of all-optical header recognition and self-routing of ultrafast packets with multibit addresses. A single optical AND gate recognises 6 bit ‘keyword’ codes, allowing self-routing of 100 Gbit/s packets. [This Letter first appeared in print in 1995, issue 17, p.1475–1476, and has been reprinted because of the significance of the corrections.]