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
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