Independently switchable bidirectional optical cross connects

Author

Kim, Jungho ; Lee, Byoungho

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

693

Lastpage

695

Abstract

As the single fiber bidirectional ring network develops, independently switchable bidirectional optical cross connects (IS-BOXC´s) that switch each bidirectional optical signal, both independently and simultaneously will be needed. We propose new structures of IS-BOXC´s using two different unidirectional optical cross connects. The proposed IS-BOXC´s sufficiently suppress the relative intensity noise caused by Rayleigh backscattering and optical reflection.

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical noise; wavelength division multiplexing; IS-BOXC; Rayleigh backscattering; bidirectional optical signal; independently switchable bidirectional optical cross connects; optical reflection; relative intensity noise suppression; single fiber bidirectional ring network; unidirectional optical cross connects; Backscatter; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.849087

Filename

849087