• DocumentCode
    996612
  • Title

    All-optical nonblocking M*M switchless connector with O( square root (M log M)) wavelengths and without wavelength changers

  • Author

    Barry, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Inf. & Decision Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    7/8/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1252
  • Lastpage
    1254
  • Abstract
    All-optical networks without switches are considered where the signals are routed based on wavelength only. 2 square root (M log2( square root (2)M)) wavelengths are shown to be sufficient to build an M*M nonblocking connector without switches and without wavelength changers.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical links; all-optical networks; nonblocking connector; switchless connector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930837
  • Filename
    252413