An all-optical implementation of a 3-D crossover switching network

Author

Cloonan, T.J. ; Herron, M.J. ; Tooley, F.A.P. ; Richards, G.W. ; McCormick, F.B. ; Kerbis, E. ; Brubaker, J.L. ; Lentine, A.L.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Naperville, IL, USA

Volume

2

Issue

6

fYear

1990

fDate

6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

438

Lastpage

440

Abstract

One of the more promising interconnection schemes proposed for use in photonic switching networks is the crossover interconnection network; however, reported implementations of the crossover have been limited in size and complexity. A large-scale cascadable implementation of the optical crossover network that capitalizes on planar symmetric self electrooptic effect device (S-SEED) arrays is discussed. A fully functional experimental prototype with 32 inputs and 32 outputs that was operated at a maximum rate of 55.7 kb/s is also discussed. It is also shown that S-SEED arrays can be operated as simple two-input two-output nodes (called 2-modules) within a controllable network.<>

Keywords

electro-optical devices; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; 2-modules; 3D crossover switching networks; 55.7 kbit/s; S-SEED arrays; all-optical implementation; controllable network; interconnection schemes; large-scale cascadable implementation; optical crossover network; optical networks; photonic switching networks; planar symmetric self electrooptic effect device; two-input two-output nodes; Clocks; Hardware; Large-scale systems; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Process control; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.56611

Filename

56611