Guizani M
Appl Opt. 1994 Mar 10;33(8):1587-99. doi: 10.1364/AO.33.001587.
We use nonlinear optical bistable devices to design a prototype of a building block for an all-optical multistage interconnection network architecture. This architecture is flexible in the sense that it can be used for either circuit-switched interconnection networks or packet-switched interconnection networks, depending on the user's applications and type of network architecture. Therefore this is a generalpurpose all-optical switch that is applicable to almost all types of network such as omega, banyan, perfect shuffle, etc. The system consists of several design units, each of which is described separately, and then all are synthesized together to form the complete system. When used with the packet-switched networks, the system is capable of buffering information optically with no need for electronic backup. The main functions of the architecture are achieved by the use of a nonlinear optical bistable device, namely, the interference filter (with the addition of mirrors and beam splitters). These optical c mponents are commercially available. They can also be integrated for future mass production. Therefore we anticipate that the implementation of this architecture is feasible.
我们使用非线性光学双稳器件来设计一种用于全光多级互连网络架构的积木式组件原型。这种架构具有灵活性，即根据用户的应用和网络架构类型，它既可以用于电路交换互连网络，也可以用于分组交换互连网络。因此，这是一种通用的全光开关，适用于几乎所有类型的网络，如欧米伽网络、榕树网络、完美洗牌网络等。该系统由几个设计单元组成，每个单元分别进行描述，然后将所有单元综合在一起形成完整的系统。当与分组交换网络一起使用时，该系统能够以光方式缓冲信息，无需电子备份。该架构的主要功能通过使用非线性光学双稳器件来实现，即干涉滤波器（加上镜子和分束器）。这些光学组件在市场上可以买到。它们也可以进行集成以便未来进行大规模生产。因此，我们预计这种架构的实现是可行的。
