Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.476, 341-350, 2007
Pure non-blocking LC based matrix optical switch for all-optical fibre networks
New pure non-blocking matrix optical switch scheme for fiber networks is presented. The optical switch is based on conventional LCD technology, where the each pixel controls the polarization state of the light beam. The suggested switch offers several advantages over the conventional cross-point architecture such as: cost; complexity; size; adjustment; and optical performance.