EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A FREE-SPACE OPTICAL SWITCHING NETWORK BY USING SYMMETRICAL SELF-ELECTRO-OPTIC-EFFECT DEVICES

被引：59
作者：
MCCORMICK, FB
TOOLEY, FAP
CLOONAN, TJ
BRUBAKER, JL
LENTINE, AL
MORRISON, RL
HINTERLONG, SJ
HERRON, MJ
WALKER, SL
SASIAN, JM
机构：
[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL, 60566
来源：
APPLIED OPTICS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 26期
关键词：
PHOTONIC SWITCHING; OPTICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS;
D O I：
10.1364/AO.31.005431
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A prototype digital free-space photonic switching fabric is demonstrated. It consists of three cascaded 16 x 8 arrays of symmetric self-electro-optic-effect devices that are used as logic gates that implement part of a multistage interconnection network. We discuss architecture, device tolerancing, optical system design, and optomechanical design. This optical circuit is successfully configured as a fully operational array of 32 independent 2 x 2 nodes and operates at 100 kHz.
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页码：5431 / 5446
页数：16
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