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Micromechanical optical switch

  • US 20060132899A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2005
  • Published: 06/22/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An optical system comprising:

  • an edge node operable to electronically buffer an input payload, to frame the input payload with at least a control header, and to convert the framed input payload into a first optical signal, the edge node also operable to communicate the first optical signal over a network;

    a demultiplexer coupled to the network and operable to separate the optical signal into a plurality of portions;

    one or more detectors operable to receive at least one portion of the first optical signal, at least one of the one or more detectors operable to generate an electrical signal based at least in part on the received portion of the first optical signal;

    an electronic processor operable to receive the electrical signal and to perform a processing function on the electrical signal, the electronic processor further operable to modulate at least a portion of the processed electronic signal onto a second optical signal, wherein substantially all of the electronic processor resides on a single semiconductor substrate and wherein the second optical signal is modulated at approximately 100 nanoseconds or less; and

    a wavelength division multiplexer operable to receive the second optical signal and to communicate the second optical signal to the network.

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