Switching using optical tunnels

专利名称：Switching using optical tunnels发明人：Alan Huang申请号：US08/770496申请日：19961220公开号：US05793906A公开日：19980811

摘要：In a supercomputer that employs a large number of processors operating inparallel, groups of processors are assembled in clusters. Each processor in a cluster isprovided with an array of lasers, a different one targeted for a particular detectorassociated with a specific processor of a different cluster. The detectors associated withthe processors in the different cluster are assembled into an array of detectors. Aprocessor wishing to communicate with a processor in a different cluster excites the laserin its associated array that is targeted to the detector of the processor with which itintends to communicate. The patterns of light of the various laser arrays are

superimposed into one pattern focused on the detector array by means of an opticaltunnel and a spherical lens.

申请人：NEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

代理人：Jeffery J. Brosemer,Philip J. Feig,Arthur J. Torsiglieri

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