4×4 optical switch with polarization selective elements

Proceedings - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networks, ICON 2006 - Networking-Challenges and Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 361-365

  Deng, Jiun Shiou ^a   Lee, Chi Ping ^a   Lu, Ming Feng ^a,b   Lin, Meng Fu ^b   Huang, Yang Tung ^b  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLARIZATION; SWITCHES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

(MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; BENES NETWORK; DOUBLE LAYER (ELECTRIC); ELECTRO OPTIC; HALF-WAVE PLATE (HWP); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NON-BLOCKING; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; SWITCHING STATES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 46449109217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICON.2006.302655     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. C. Clos, "A Study of Nonblocking Switching Networks," Bell System Tech. Journal, pp. 407-424, 1953.
2. E. Benes, Mathematical Theory of Connecting Networks and Telephone Traffic. New York: Academic, 1965.
3. T. Lang and H. S. Stone, "A Shuffle-Exchange Network with Simplified Control," IEEE Trans. on Computer, vol. 25, pp. 55-65, 1976.
4. R. A. Spanke, "Architectures for Guided-Wave Optical Space Switching Systems." IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 25, pp. 42-48, 1987.
5. R. A. Spanke and V. E. Benes, "N-Stage Planar Optical Permutation Network," Applied Optics, vol. 26, pp. 1226-1229, 1987.
6. C. C. Lu and R. A. Thompson, "The Double-Layer Network Architecture for Photonic Switching," IEEE Trans. on Lightwave Technology, vol. 12, pp. 1482-1489, 1994.
7. J.-S. Deng and Y.-T. Huang, "New Network Structure: Cyclic Crossbar Network," Proceeding of SPIE, vol. 2692, pp. 222-232, 1996.
8. W. Kabacinski, "Modified dilated Benes network for photonic switching," IEEE Transaction on Communications, vol. 47, pp. 1253-1259, 1999.
9. F. H. Chang, J. Y. Guo, F. K. Hwang, and C. K. Lin, "Wide-Sense Nonblocking for Symmetric or Asymmetric 3-Stage Clos Networks Under Various Routing Strategies," Theor. Comput. Sci., vol. 314, pp. 375-386, 2004.
10. J.-S. Deng, M.-F. Lu, and Y.-T. Huang, "Cyclic Crossbar Network for Photonic Switching," Journal of Optical Networking. Vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 839-853, Dec. 2004.
11. C.-T. Lea, "Crossover Minimization in Directional-Couple-Based Photonic Switching Systems," IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 36, pp. 355-363, 1988.
12. J. E. Watson, M. A. Milbrodt, K. Bahadori, M. F. Dautartas, C. T. Kemmerer, D. T. Moser, A. W. Schelling, T. O. Murphy, J. J. Veselka, and D.A. Herr, "A Low-Voltage 8×8 Ti:LiNbO3 Switch with a Dilated-Benes Architecture," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 8, pp. 794-801, 1990.
13. A. Neukermans and R. Ramaswami, "MEMS technology for optical networking applications," IEEE Commun. Mag., Vol. 39, pp. 62-69, 2001.
14. S. Gloeckner, A. Husain, and L. Fan, "Optomechanical matrix switches including collimator arrays," WIPO patent 0073842 (7 December 2000).
15. Victor O. K. Li, C. Y. Li and P. K. A. Wai, "Alternative structures for two-dimensional MEMS optical switches" Journal of Optical Networking, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 742-757, Oct. 2004.
16. K. M. Johnson, M. R. Surette, and J. Shamir, "Optical Interconnection Network Using Polarization-Based Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Gates," Applied Optics, vol. 27, pp. 1727-1733, 1988.
17. G. A. De Biase, "Optical Multistage Interconnection Networks for Large-Scale Multiprocessor Systsems," Applied Optics, vol. 27, pp. 2017-2021, 1988.
18. A. Karppinen, S. Lottholz, R. Myllyla, G. Anderson, M. Matuszczyk, K. Skarp, I. Dahl, and S. T. Lagerwall, "Electrically Controlled Optical Attenuators and Switches with Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," Ferroelectrics, vol. 114. pp. 93-97, 1991.
19. H. Kogelnik, "Coupled Wave Theory for Thick Hologram Gratings," The Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 48, pp. 2909-2947, 1969.
20. M. Kato, H. Ito, T. Yamamoto, F. Yamagishi, and T. Nakagami, "Multichannel optical switch that uses holograms," Optics Letters, vol. 17, pp. 769-771, 1992.
21. Y-T. Huang and Y-H. Chen, "Polarization-Selective Element with a Substrate-Mode Grating Pair Structure," Optics Letters, vol. 18, pp. 921-923, 1993.
22. J.-S. Deng, M.-F. Lu, C.-P. Lee. and Y.-T. Huang, "A High Contrast Ratio Optical Switch with Holographic Optical Switching Elements," WSEAS Transactions on Electronics, vol. 2, pp. 33-38, 2005.
23. Displaytech Asia-Pacific, "http://www.displaytech.com/products/ photonics/index.html."