Photonic ATM switching with semiconductor laser amplifier gates

16 July 1992

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 28 (15) , 1438-1439
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19920915

Abstract

Semiconductor laser amplifiers were operated as gates in a 2 × 2 ATM-switching node with a fibre loop optical buffer. The required properties of these gates were also calculated for larger switching nodes.

Keywords

2×2 SWITCHING NODE
PHOTONIC ATM SWITCHING
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE FEASIBILITY STUDY
ATM-SWITCHING NODE
FIBRE LOOP OPTICAL BUFFER
SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER GATES
LARGER SWITCHING NODES
PROPERTIES