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This paper describes a crossbar switchboard for optical fibers. The switchboard is all optical, solid state (i.e., no moving parts), rugged, wide temperature, fast (2µ sec), non-blocking, latching (i.e., non-volatile), reguires no initial polarization, is capable of switching both digital and analog signals and is theoretically capable of handling very large numbers of inputs and outputs in a single stage. The light is deflected from input fibers to any output fiber by a stripe domain deflection element, so that there are no splitting losses; the efficiency does not decrease as more output fibers are added.
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Torok, E.J., Krawczak, J.A., Nelson, G.L., Fritz, B.S., Harvey, W.A., Hewitt, F.G. (1988). Photonic Switching with Stripe Domains. In: Gustafson, T.K., Smith, P.W. (eds) Photonic Switching. Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73388-8_6
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