Organization of the 1993 Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, March 1993

本次会议涵盖的主题包括：交换应用中的器件和现象；光学、电或机械激活的光学开关；交换数组;电子和光子系统的光互连；光电开关器件集成；与光开关器件有关的材料特性；光电开关的比较；实际及/或理论上的限制；光电开关器件性能的发展趋势利用光交换技术的交换系统和网络架构；在当今的交换系统和体系结构中，光交换器件作为电子交换器件的替代品的应用；利用光交换器件独特属性的新系统和网络架构；可能支持或需要使用光交换技术的新系统应用；光子 切换。

Topics covered by this conference include: Devices and phenomena for switching applications; Optically, electrically, or mechanically activated optical switches; Switching arrays; Optical interconnect for electronic and photonic systems; Integration of optical and electronic switching devices; Materials properties relevant to optical switching devices; Comparisons of optical and electronic switching; practical and/or theoretical limitations; Trends in performance of optical and electronic switching devices; Switching systems and network architectures utilizing optical switching technologies; Applications for optical switching devices as alternatives to electronic switching devices in today's switching systems and architectures; New system and network architectures that capitalize on the unique attributes of optical switching devices; Novel systems applications that may favor or require the use of optical switching technologies; Photonic switching.