Optical crossbar interconnections using variable grating mode devices
- 15 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 26 (2) , 261-269
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.26.000261
Abstract
In this paper we propose a system design for an optical crossbar interconnection network utilizing variable grating mode liquid crystal devices (VGM LCDs) which are optical transducers capable of performing intensity-to-spatial-frequency conversion. The proposed system performs real-time, reconfigurable, and nonblocking, but nonbroadcasting, optical crossbar interconnections. The fundamental limitations and the performance of the system are discussed.Keywords
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