System and Method for Photonic Switching

System and Method for Photonic Switching

A photonic switching structure includes a first macromodule, where the first macromodule includes an array of switch matrix photonic integrated circuit (PIC) nodes having a first row, a second row, a first column, and a second column and a first optical splitter optically coupled to PIC nodes in the...

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1. Verfasser: Graves Alan Frank
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Sprache:eng
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BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:A photonic switching structure includes a first macromodule, where the first macromodule includes an array of switch matrix photonic integrated circuit (PIC) nodes having a first row, a second row, a first column, and a second column and a first optical splitter optically coupled to PIC nodes in the first row. The first macromodule also includes a second optical splitter optically coupled to PIC nodes in the second row and a first output selector optically coupled to PIC nodes in the first column. Additionally, the first macromodule includes a second output selector optically coupled to PIC nodes in the second column and a first collision detector coupled to PIC nodes in the first column. Also, the first macromodule includes a second collision detector coupled to PIC nodes in the second column.