Title :
System approach for a photonic multidimensional switching technique
Author :
Boettle, D. ; Eilenberger, G. ; Loesch, K. ; Rehm, W. ; Wuenstel, K. ; Schilling, M.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel SEL Res. Center, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
A system concept for an optical switching fabric based on a principle using space, time, and frequency switching stages is described. The required asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell buffers for contention resolution, which are difficult to realize with optical techniques, are minimized by exploiting the wavelength domain, thus providing high capacity and optimum usage of technologies. The related key components, such as tunable sources and optical wavelength converters based on InP technologies and advanced space switching matrices based on polymeric nonlinear optical materials, are described, and basic characteristics are presented
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; asynchronous transfer mode; indium compounds; laser tuning; multidimensional systems; nonlinear optics; optical interconnections; optical polymers; photonic switching systems; semiconductor technology; systems engineering; wavelength division multiplexing; ATM; InP semiconductor technologies; asynchronous transfer mode; capacity; cell buffers; characteristics; contention resolution; optical wavelength converters; photonic multidimensional switching technique; polymeric nonlinear optical materials; space switching matrices; system concept; tunable sources; Asynchronous transfer mode; Fabrics; Frequency; Multidimensional systems; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical polymers; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0950-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1993.397469
