Title :
Optically-processed routing for fast packet switching
Author :
Prucnal, PAul R. ; Perrier, Philippe A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electronic routing control of photonic switches is considered. The types of network architectures and routing strategies that the authors think are best-suited to optical processing are proposed, and a generic optical routing processor is described. Address-encoding schemes for optically controlling a photonic switching node are presented. The results of several experiments that have demonstrated optical control of a photonic switching node are reported. Potential applications of these photonic switching architectures are described.<>
Keywords :
optical information processing; optical logic; optical switches; packet switching; address-encoding schemes; electronic routing control; fast packet switching; generic optical routing processor; network architectures; photonic switches; photonic switching node; Bandwidth; Integrated optics; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Packet switching; Photonic integrated circuits; Routing; Telecommunication traffic;
Journal_Title :
LCS, IEEE
