Title :
Proposed fiber Bragg gratings integrated optical switches for wavelength cross-connect in WDM networks
Author :
Liaw, Shien-Kuei ; Ho, Keang-Po ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We extend a previous concept and propose a new multiwavelength cross connect (M-XC) configuration for simultaneously multi-wavelength crossconnecting by using fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs), optical circulators (OCs) and several 2×2 optical switches
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical circulators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; fiber Bragg gratings; fibre Bragg gratings; integrated optical switches; multi-wavelength crossconnecting; multiwavelength cross connect; optical switches; ptical circulators; wavelength cross-connect; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical switches; Reliability engineering; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739625
