• DocumentCode
    2317698
  • Title

    Highly integrated PLC-type optical switches for OADM and OXC systems

  • Author

    Okuno, Masayuki

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Abstract
    Recent work on highly integrated silica-based thermo-optic PLC-switches is reviewed. N×N switches (up to 16×16), 1×N switches (up to 1×128), 8×8 and 128×128 switching sub-systems, a monolithic optical add/drop multiplexer and related reliability tests are described.
  • Keywords
    integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing; optical interconnections; optical switches; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; SiO2; integrated silica-based planar lightwave circuit-switches; monolithic optical add-drop multiplexing system; optical cross-connect system; optical switches; reliability tests; thermo-optic switches; Chirp; Energy consumption; Insertion loss; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Polarization mode dispersion; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1247574
  • Filename
    1247574