Title :
Micromechanical wavelength add/drop switching: from device to network architecture
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Microelectro-mechanical (MEMS) components can play a surprisingly diverse role in add/drop switching, ranging from simple 2-port tunable filters to large port-count crossconnects assembled from wavelength selective switches. I will review the various kinds of MEMS switch components and show the wavelength add/drop architectures they enable.
Keywords :
microswitches; optical filters; optical switches; reviews; wavelength division multiplexing; 2-port tunable filters; MEMS switch components; device to network architecture; micromechanical wavelength add-drop switching; port-count crossconnect; review; wavelength add-drop architectures; wavelength selective switches; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Frequency; Matched filters; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical tuning; Passband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247637
