Optoelectronic Switching in Digital Networks
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
- Vol. 3 (2), 336-344
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.1985.1146200
Abstract
The use of optoelectric switching matrices in digital networks is examined. The possibility of large very compact arrays is demonstrated. Design considerations are discussed for a switching node for broad-band digital signals at rates of 100 and 500 Mbits/s, with 100 inputs and 103outputs. A novel feature of optoelectronic switching is that power consumption tends to scale approximately linearly with array dimension, leading to potential advantages over electronic alternatives in large dimension high-rate switching matrices.Keywords
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