Multifunctional photonic integration for the agile optical Internet

Author

Sargent, Edward H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

234

Abstract

An agile, transparent optical network is emerging. This paper enumerates the functions that will be needed at nodes in order to add transparency and agility to the network while robustly assuring optical fibre channel performance. One key requirement will be scalable integration of multiple functions on a platform. The paper presents recent results along one strategic axis for integration - the use of functionalized self-organized photonic crystals and heterostructures thereof to control the flow and features of light.

Keywords

integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre networks; photonic crystals; agile optical Internet; agile transparent optical network; functionalized self-organized photonic crystals; multifunctional photonic integration; optical fibre channel performance; photonic crystal heterostructures; photonic crystal waveguiding; scalable integration; transparency; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Internet; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 2002. Proceedings. 39th

ISSN

0738-100X

Print_ISBN

1-58113-461-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DAC.2002.1012625

Filename

1012625