Photonic Switching Technology: Systems and Networks

"Find out how today's photonic switching technologies can provide a functional advantage in handling the ever-increasing data rates and bandwidth requirements placed on telecommunications components, systems, and networks with this self-contained, tutorial guide.

Based on systems currently in use, PHOTONIC SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY will equip practitioners and researchers with a comprehensive understanding of the functionality and versatility provided by phonotonics technologies used in all-optical networks weighed against their costs and limitations. The authors feature special coverage of state-of-the art pilot systems that use photonic switching and multiwavelength techniques such as MONET, LAMBDANET, COBRA, and STARNET. These systems not only demonstrate the feasibility of optical systems, but also the implications of system integration, supporting technologies, and system economics.

PHOTONIC SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY brings you a wealth of information on
* Photonic switches based on the electro-optic effect, switches based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA), and optical memory switches
* Free space optical switching
* Wavelength division switching, including wavelength routing, wavelength conversion, and WDM packet switching
* Optical crossconnects"


Sponsored by:
IEEE Communications Society.

About the Editors...
Hussein T. Mouftah is a professor at Queen s University in Kingston, Ontario, and is principal investigator for the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario (TRIO). He is also director of the IEEE Communications Society magazines and served as editor-in-chief for the IEEE Communications Society (1995 97). He has consulted for government and industry in the areas of computer networks, digital systems, and fault tolerant computing. Dr. Mouftah holds a number of patents and has published widely in the areas of computer networks, digital systems, and system reliability. He is the author of Microprocessors and Microcomputers: Principles, Design, and Applications (Jackson Press, 1985). In 1989, he received the Engineering Medal for Research and Development from the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APEO).
Jaafar M.H. Elmirghani is a principal lecturer and BT Reader in Telecommunication Systems at the University of Northumbria, UK. He is editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine and also serves as technical editor for the Journal of Optical Communications (JOC). He currently acts as secretary for both the IEEE UK&RI Communications Chapter and the IEEE COMSOC Signal Processing and Communication Electronics (SPCE) Technical Committee. Dr. Elmirghani has published over 100 technical papers in optical communication systems, signal processing, and statistical communication theory.