Analysis of control subsystems for free-space photonic switching architectures.
Four different methods of injecting control signals into photonic switches are compared. A control injection model based on time-division-multiplexed switching is developed, and the analysis studies the effects of the different control injection schemes on network performance, system complexity, and system packaging. Serious system-level limitations are identified for all the control injection schemes in switching networks with high reconfiguration rates.
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