High-dimensionality shared-medium photonic switch

Author

Perrier, Philippe A. ; Prucnal, PAul R.

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

224

Lastpage

236

Abstract

A space-division photonic switch which has the potential to achieve high dimensionality is presented. The proposed switch, which resembles a collapsed network, does not use optical crosspoints; rather a dedicated path is provided for all input/output port connections on a common high-bandwidth transmission medium. This eliminates the restrictions imposed by 2×2 switching elements in classical space-division switching fabrics. The demonstration of a fully connected 120×120 space-division time-multiplexed photonic switch is reported. The dimensionality and blocking performance of a shared-medium photonic switch that uses time-multiplexing is analyzed

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical switches; time division multiplexing; 12 Gbit/s; blocking performance; collapsed network; common high-bandwidth transmission medium; dedicated path; high dimensionality; input/output port connections; shared-medium photonic switch; space-division photonic switch; time-multiplexed photonic switch; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Costs; Integrated optics; Optical bistability; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical signal processing; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.212381

Filename

212381