Compact all–optical bypass–exchange switch

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-253

  Marom, Dan M ^a   Mendlovic, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bypass exchange switch; Multistage interconnection network; Optical interconnects

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CALCITE; CARBONATES; CROSSTALK; CRYSTALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEVISION;

BYPASS EXCHANGE SWITCH; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION; MULTISTAGE INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; POLARIZING BEAM DISPLACERS; SIGNAL DEGENERATION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0029679116     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000248     Document Type: Article

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