Liquid-crystal WDM optical signal processors

Author

Jung-Chih Chiao ; Kuang-Yi Wu ; Jian-Yu Liu

Author_Institution

Chorum Technol., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

10-11 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

57

Abstract

With increasing interest and features in dynamically reconfigurable WDM network architectures, compact non-mechanical optical signal processors are in great demand. We demonstrate several different types of liquid-crystal wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal processors, including broadband optical switches, dynamically variable optical attenuators and harmonic amplifier gain controllers, for fundamental building blocks of reliable, fast-reconfiguring, energy/space-efficient network elements, such as dynamic add/drop multiplexers with dynamic power regulation.

Keywords

attenuators; gain control; liquid crystal devices; optical modulation; optical switches; signal processing equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; broadband optical switches; dynamic add/drop multiplexers; dynamic power regulation; dynamically reconfigurable network architectures; dynamically variable optical attenuators; harmonic amplifier gain controllers; liquid-crystal modulators; liquid-crystal signal processors; network elements; non mechanical optical signal processors; wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Power system harmonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

BroadBand Communications for the Internet Era Symposium digest, 2001 IEEE Emerging Technologies Symposium on

Conference_Location

Richardson, TX, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7161-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETS.2001.979421

Filename

979421