All-optical interconnect utilizing polarization gates
    1.
    发明授权
    All-optical interconnect utilizing polarization gates 失效
    利用偏振门的全光互连

    公开(公告)号:US06259831B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-10

    申请号:US09342422

    申请日:1999-06-29

    IPC分类号: G02B1295

    摘要: A switch element utilizes a single polarizer to couple two discreet inputs to any combination of two discreet outputs along non-blocking optical paths. This switch element may be conveniently networked to additional switch elements for scaling to switches having larger numbers (N) of inputs and outputs. The present invention provides advantages typically associated with conventional polarization gates, including terabit per-second data rates, to facilitate use in fiber-optics networks. This switch element is relatively robust and insensitive to environmental disturbances and has a reconfiguration time which is an order of magnitude faster than conventional optomechanical switches which generally require tens of milliseconds before reconfiguration. The switch element provides constant data pathlength for constant latency, loss, and unskewed data output. The element also advantageously provides for convenient scaling to a non-blocking N×N configuration using N* (log2 N−1) 2×2 switches rather than conventional approaches which require N(log2N) switches, for a relatively simple and compact configuration.

    摘要翻译: 开关元件利用单个偏振器将两个谨慎的输入耦合到沿着非阻塞光路的两个离散输出的任何组合。 该开关元件可以方便地与额外的开关元件联网,用于缩放到具有较大数量(N)个输入和输出的开关。 本发明提供了通常与常规偏振门相关联的优点,包括兆比特每秒数据速率,以便于在光纤网络中使用。 该开关元件相对鲁棒且对环境干扰不敏感,并且具有重新配置时间,其比通常在重新配置之前需要几十毫秒的常规光机械开关快一个数量级。 开关元件提供恒定的数据路径长度,用于恒定的延迟,丢失和非限制数据输出。 该元件还有利地提供了使用N *(log2N-1)×2x2开关的非阻塞NxN配置的方便的缩放,而不是需要N(log2N)开关的常规方法,用于相对简单和紧凑的配置。

    Solid state optical interconnect system
    2.
    发明授权
    Solid state optical interconnect system 失效
    固态光互连系统

    公开(公告)号:US06839472B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-04

    申请号:US09841992

    申请日:2001-04-25

    摘要: A solid state optical interconnect system selectively interconnects a plurality of electromagnetic signals between a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs. The system includes a plurality of solid state, selectively actuatable 2×2 optical switching elements; and a plurality of all-optical signal paths extending through said 2×2 optical switching elements between the inputs and outputs. Each of said plurality of all-optical signal paths has substantially the same pathlength. This switch element is relatively robust and insensitive to environmental disturbances and has a reconfiguration time which is an order of magnitude faster than conventional opto-mechanical switches which generally require tens of milliseconds before reconfiguration. The switch element provides constant data pathlength for constant latency, loss, and unskewed data output. The element also advantageously provides for convenient scaling to a non-blocking N×N configuration using N*(log2 N−1) 2×2 switches rather than conventional approaches which require N(log2 N) switches, for a relatively simple and compact configuration.

    摘要翻译: 固态光互连系统选择性地互连多个输入和多个输出之间的多个电磁信号。 该系统包括多个固态可选择致动的2x2光开关元件; 以及在输入和输出之间延伸穿过所述2x2光开关元件的多个全光信号路径。 所述多个全光信号路径中的每一个具有基本上相同的路径长度。 该开关元件相对鲁棒且对环境干扰不敏感,并且具有比常规光机械开关快一个数量级的重新配置时间,通常在重新配置之前需要几十毫秒。 开关元件提供恒定的数据路径长度,用于恒定的延迟,丢失和非限制数据输出。 该元件还有利地提供了使用N *(log2N-1)2x2开关的非阻塞NxN配置的方便的缩放,而不是需要N(log2 N)个开关的常规方法,用于相对简单和紧凑的配置。