200 Gchip/s, 16-label simultaneous multiple-optical encoder/decoder and its application to optical packet switching

A 200 Gchip/s, 16-label simultaneous multiple-optical encoder/decoder has been fabricated; it generates and recognizes simultaneously multiple codes in a parallel manner. 10 Gbit/s optical packet switching with the test encoder/decoder was demonstrated experimentally. Optical packets with different labels were switched according to their own destination label based on multiple label processing.