Title :
Ultrafast all-optically controlled 2×2 crossbar switch
Author :
Glesk, I. ; Kang, K. Il ; Prucnal, P.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
A new LiNbO3 all-optical device, the terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer, or TOAD, was used as an optically controlled 2x2 routing switch and also as an ultrafast all-optical routing controller to enable individual address bits to be read in this tightly compressed packet header and also set the state of the routing switch
Keywords :
demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; symmetry; telecommunication network routing; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 all-optical device; TOAD; individual address bit reading; optically controlled 2x2 routing switch; routing switch state setting; terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer; tightly compressed packet header; ultrafast all-optical routing controller; ultrafast all-optically controlled 2×2 crossbar switch; Clocks; Delay; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Routing; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571595
