Wide-sense nonblocking Banyan-type switching systems based on directional couplers

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1327-1332

  Mehdi Vaez, M ^a   Lea, Chin Tau ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Banyan network; Crosstalk; Directional coupler; Photonic switching; Wide sense nonblocking

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BANYAN NETWORKS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; WIDE-SENSE NONBLOCKING;

SWITCHING NETWORKS;

EID: 0032156857     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.725200     Document Type: Article

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