• DocumentCode
    274514
  • Title

    A parallel optical processor for control of optical crossbar switches

  • Author

    Blumenthal, D.J. ; Thylen, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Telecommun. Res., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    11-15 Sep 1988
  • Firstpage
    268
  • Abstract
    The important problem of controlling optical crossbar switches has been analyzed. A control formalism and it´s implementation based on parallel processing have been described. The bandwidth of the processor is commensurate with the extreme bit rates offered by optical fibers. The described control method lends itself to an entirely optical implementation utilizing nonlinear optical devices, though described with reference to electronic control signals
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical switches; bandwidth; control formalism; electronic control signals; nonlinear optical devices; optical crossbar switches; optical implementation; parallel processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    93574