Title :
All-optical multi-layer switching architectures: (I) M×N-gon prism switches
Author_Institution :
Knesebeckstrass 5, Berlin
Abstract :
All-optical multi-layer switching architectures are analysed by means of the average distance, the maximum distance and the diameter of their intersection graphs (IGs) and by the grid size of a 3-D network of directional couplers (DCs). The basic multi-layer switch, called the M×N-gon prism switch (M-1 prisms are embedded), is improved by increasing the connectivity between the prisms towards a complexity-O(1)-switch
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; hypercube networks; optical directional couplers; optical prisms; optical switches; photonic switching systems; 3D network; M×N-gon prism switches; all-optical multilayer switching architectures; average distance; diameter; directional couplers; grid size; hypercubes; intersection graphs; maximum distance; Bipartite graph; Couplers; Distributed control; Hypercubes; Switches; Transmission line matrix methods; Tree graphs; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 1998. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lafayette, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9014-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.1998.998807
