Optical cross-connect architecture using free-space optical switches based on PI-LOSS topology

Author

Kuroyanagi, S. ; Hironishi, K. ; Maeda, T.

Author_Institution

Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

14-16 Nov 1995

Firstpage

2112

Abstract

An optical cross-connect (OXC) system is an essential ingredient needed to create an optical transport network for B-ISDN. We propose an OXC architecture, incorporating failure restoration based on reserved wavelengths, which consists of a routing block and bypass block. We compare the number of required optical devices in our structure with a conventional structure. We also propose a polarization controlled free-space switch based on path-independent insertion loss (PI-LOSS) topology, adopt it to the routing block, and demonstrate a 4×4 prototype free-space switch

Keywords

B-ISDN; light polarisation; network topology; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; B-ISDN; bypass block; failure restoration; free-space optical switches; optical cross-connect architecture; optical devices; optical transport network; path-independent insertion loss topology; polarization controlled free-space switch; prototype free-space switch; reserved wavelengths; routing block; B-ISDN; Insertion loss; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Prototypes; Topology; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1995. GLOBECOM '95., IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2509-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1995.502777

Filename

502777