Scalability of packet switched cross-connects that utilize all-optical signal processing is a crucial issue that eventually determines the future role of photonic signal processing in optical networks. After reviewing several labeling techniques, we discuss label stacking and label swapping techniques and their benefits for scalable optical packet switched nodes. All-optical devices for impleme...

We present an investigation of the architecture of an optoelectronic cache which can integrate terabit optical memories with the electronic caches associated with high performance uniand multiprocessors. The use of optoelectronic cache memories will enable these terabit technologies to transparently provide low latency secondary memory with frame sizes comparable to disk-pages but with latencie...

Real-time three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution ultrasound imaging requires 2D phased arrays operating at frequencies higher than 50 MHz, which poses a great challenge for piezoelectric technologies. A promising alternative is an optoacoustic array relying on optical generation and detection of ultrasound. We present an all-optical ultrasound transducer, which consists of a 2D gold nanostructu...

It is demonstrated that a waveguide consisting of two dielectric slabs may become an all-optical spring when guiding a superposition of two transverse evanescent modes. Both slabs are transversally trapped in stable equilibrium due to the optical forces developed. A condition for stable equilibrium on the wavenumbers of the two modes is expressed analytically. The spring constant characterizing...