CPC H04Q 11/0062 (2013.01) [G02B 6/2773 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04J 14/0205 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0081 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
a splitter configured to receive a first optical signal carrying first data and generate a first optical signal copy and second optical signal copy;
at least one optical processing path that includes
at least one optical encoder configured to transform the first optical signal copy into a second optical signal carrying the first data and an additional optical feature not present in the first optical signal,
at least one optical modulator configured to optically modulate the second optical signal according to a compare data to generate an optical match signal that indicates matches between the compare data and the first data, and
at least one photodetector configured to generate an electrical match signal in response to the optical match signal.
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