Abstract:
The possibility of creating parallel-type switches for N × N optical waveguide channel communication is studied. A method based on bit-by-bit channel addressing is proposed and one of its possible implementations using the photorefractive effect in the waveguide material is considered. The method is modelled by the example of switching of 8 × 8 channels, controlled by reconfigurable matrix of light signals.
Citation:
I. N. Kompanets, T. A. Neevina, S. I. Kompanets, “Method of parallel switching of optical channels”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 42:12 (2012), 1093–1096 [Quantum Electron., 42:12 (2012), 1093–1096]