Switch-setting algorithms for the optical N-gon prism switch

Josef Giglmayr

doi:10.1117/12.290389

10 October 1997 Switch-setting algorithms for the optical N-gon prism switch

Josef Giglmayr

Proceedings Volume 3230, All-Optical Communication Systems: Architecture, Control, and Network Issues III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.290389
Event: Voice, Video, and Data Communications, 1997, Dallas, TX, United States

Abstract

The optical N-gon prism switch is the simplest multi-layer architecture and a starting point for novel all-optical switching architectures. The N-gon prism switch is composed of parallel waveguides at each layer; switching between the waveguides at each layer and switching between the waveguides at adjacent layers is assumed, and the optics comes in by the transmission of light through the waveguides. Throughout the paper, switch setting algorithms for the N-gon prism switch are discussed where (1) an approach to an algebraic and scalable algorithm is presented for its fast implementation and (2) the further development of the multi-layer switching concept is taken into account.

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Josef Giglmayr "Switch-setting algorithms for the optical N-gon prism switch", Proc. SPIE 3230, All-Optical Communication Systems: Architecture, Control, and Network Issues III, (10 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.290389

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