Design and Construction of Apparatus for Optical Switch Evaluation.

Abstract

The goal of this effort was to develop apparatus for evaluation of optical switches relevant to digital optical computing. We state the basic aspects of optical switch evaluation (OSE) and describe appropriate general apparatus and procedures we have developed, which retains adequate flexibility to accommodate a wide variety of switches. We anticipated that such flexibility would be essential because existing switches, and ones under development, have widely varying characteristics. Our concept of the general characteristics of OSE has led us to develop an apparatus which will allow us to evaluate such switches. This report first describes the general concepts of optical switch evaluation together with the characteristics of an apparatus appropriate to implementing discrete components of such an apparatus, and progress in switch development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA234765

Entities

People

  • Joseph Chaiken

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autocorrelation
  • Computers
  • Cross Correlation
  • Delay Lines
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Information Processing
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Resilience
  • Spectroscopy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design