High speed serial optical crossbar switch

Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element

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359139, 359140, H04J 1400

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051153319

ABSTRACT:
An optical crossbar switch includes a plurality of input integrated optical couplers connected to a star coupler at one end of an optical cable and a star coupler coupled to the other end of the optical cable connected to plurality of output integrated optical couplers. Discrete parallel optical input signals are fed to each of the input integrated optical switches and clock signals in a time division multiplexed switching sequence switch the parallel optical signals to serial form for transmission over the cable. Clock signals are connected to actuate the output integrated optical couplers in a synchronized, time division multiplexed switching sequence at GHz rates to assure the responsive transfer of a number of signals without the consequences associated with the excessive losses attendant conventional spatial light modulator interconnections.

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Frenkel, "Multiple Angel Tuned Etalon Filters . . . Systems", Optics Lett, vol. 1 #8, 1988, pp. 684-686.
Dias et al., "Fiber Optic Crossbar Switch with Broadcast Capability" Optical Engineering, vol. 27 #11, pp. 955-960, Nov. 1988.

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