Title :
Self-clocked optical control of a self-routed photonic switch
Author :
Perrier, Philippe A. ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Self-routing of 100-Mb/s data through a photonic switch is demonstrated. Individual data bits are subencoded into one of 124 destination addresses using a pulse-interval technique with 80-ps pulses. At the switch, optical processing is used to read the address of an incoming bit and to route that bit to the correct switch output without the aid of an external clock. Although the pulse-interval technique is presented in a bit-switching context, it can readily be extended to a packet-switching environment
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical variables control; 100 Mbit/s; 80 ps; bit-switching context; destination addresses; incoming bit; optical communication; optical processing; optical switch; packet-switching environment; pulse-interval technique; self-clocked optical control; self-routed photonic switch; self-routing; subencoded bits; switch output; Clocks; Decoding; Delay; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Routing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
