@article {8502,
	title = {All-optical stage of an Omega network},
	journal = {Applied Optics},
	volume = {37},
	number = {29},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {6946-6950},
	abstract = {All-optical multistage interconnection networks are desirable for overcoming the limitations of optical signal regeneration in switching systems. We present a new implementation of the perfect-shuffle interconnection pattern that is coupled with an all-optical switching element, forming a complete stage of a multistage network. Switching is performed with birefringent calcite crystals and a ferroelectric liquid-crystal device, while interconnection is achieved with a space-semivariant imaging configuration. Cascading the layout allows this system to be used to construct an all-optical multistage interconnection network. An experimental demonstration of the stage is presented.},
	url = {https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-37-29-6946},
	author = {Dan M. Marom and Naim Konforti and David Mendlovic}
}
