A WDM implementation of optically transparent photonic ATM switches

Author

Choa, F.S. ; Chao, H.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

232

Abstract

A two layer structure including an optical cell switching network and an electrical header processing network is a realistic solution for optically transparent photonic ATM switches that takes advantage of both photonic and electronic technologies. The optical signal is handled (switching and buffering) at the cell level instead of at the bit level. Relatively low speed CMOS VLSI can thus be used for the system with the help of a small section of high speed electronics which is mostly used in the front end and each control interface. A combination of both the ATM and WDM techniques may provide an ultimate version for optical networking with almost unlimited capacity

Keywords

photonic switching systems; CMOS VLSI electronics; WDM; electrical header processing network; optical cell switching network; optical networking; optically transparent photonic ATM switches; two layer structure; Asynchronous transfer mode; CMOS technology; High speed optical techniques; High-speed electronics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Photonics; Very large scale integration; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586978

Filename

586978