Photonic integrated eight-wavelength 2×2 WDM crossconnect switch using phased-array waveguide grating multi/demultiplexers

Author

Li, Haifeng ; Lee, Chau-Han ; Lin, Wenhua ; Didde, Stephen ; Chen, Yun-Jui ; Stone, Dennis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1997

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) cross-connect switch (WDM-CCS), which can switch arbitrary wavelength components between different input signals, is a key component for WDM networks. In the paper, we report a monolithically integrated eight-wavelength 2×2 WDM-CCS with 200 GHz channel spacing. The switch is transparent to signal format and bit rate and can be widely used in multiwavelength scalable and reconfigurable WDM networks for dynamic wavelength routing

Keywords

arrays; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical waveguide components; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 2×2 WDM crossconnect switch; 200 GHz; WDM networks; arbitrary wavelength components; bit rate; channel spacing; dynamic wavelength routing; eight-wavelength 2×2 WDM crossconnect switch; input signals; monolithically integrated WDM switch; multiwavelength reconfigurable WDM networks; multiwavelength scalable WDM networks; phased-array waveguide grating multi/demultiplexers; photonic integrated WDM switch; signal format; wavelength-division multiplexing cross-connect switch; Acoustic signal detection; Laboratories; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Solids; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719641

Filename

719641