Title :
Performance of two 4×4 guided-wave photonic switching systems
Author :
Erickson, John R. ; Bogert, Gail A. ; Huisman, Roger F. ; Spanke, Ron A.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Naperville, IL, USA
fDate :
8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Data from two photonic switching systems are presented, the first is a 4×4 crossbar, and the second is a 4×4 passive splitter/active combiner broadcast switch. The 4×4 crossbar has operated continuously and reliably for 18 months with no noticeable performance degradation. The 4×4 passive splitter/active combiner has operated for six months and yields excellent bit-error-rate (BER) performance at 1.7 Gb/s, showing that the influence of optical crosstalk in a small guided-wave optical switching system does not significantly affect the BER
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; switching systems; 1.7 Gbit/s; active combiner; broadcast switch; crossbar; guided-wave photonic switching systems; integrated optics; optical communication; optical crosstalk; passive splitter; Broadcasting; Directional couplers; Displays; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Switching systems; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
