Optoelectronics: in search of transparent networks

  • Authors:
  • Arthur S. Morris, III

  • Affiliations:
  • Coventor Inc

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Spectrum - Biological warfare canaries
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Optical transmission networks work well, but their switchgear is opaque in that it must convert signals to electronic form before routing them. In this paper, the author presents a look at how the candidate technologies for all-optical, or transparent, switching work and stack up against each other