Naoko KAWAKAMI, Kayo SHIMIZU, Naoya WADA¹, Fumito KUBOTA¹ and Kashiko KODATE

Faculty of Science, Japan Women's University, 2-8-1 Mejirodai, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan
¹Communications Research Laboratory, 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan

(Received December 8, 2003; Accepted February 6, 2004)

A holographic label processor for photonic packet switching is proposed. We observe the process of time-to-space conversion for an optical code consisting of 2 ps pulses at a wavelength of 1.55 μm with 100 km fiber transmission. Label recognition using an angular multiplexed spectral hologram (AMSH) as a label bank is experimentally demonstrated. We also investigate the AMSH by CGH and confirm its feasibility in computer simulations.

Key words: angular multiplexed spectral hologram (AMSH), photonic packet switching, label processing, holographic memory, computer generated hologram