• DocumentCode
    316307
  • Title

    10 Gbit/s/port and 256 ports optical crossbar switch with reduced hardware and enhanced modularity

  • Author

    Maeno, Yoshiharu ; Suemura, Yoshihiko ; Kitamura, Shotaro ; Henmi, Naoya

  • Author_Institution
    Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    22-25 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel architecture of a 256×256 optical crossbar switch with optical components reduced to one eighth, large modularity and improved loss budget. We demonstrate its feasibility by a transmission experiment of 10 Gbit/s signals with a sensitivity penalty below 1 dB
  • Keywords
    wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 256×256 optical crossbar switch; Gbit/s signals; WDM switching networks; enhanced modularity; improved loss budget; large modularity; optical components; optical crossbar switch; optical fibre networks; reduced hardware; sensitivity penalty; transmission experiment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-697-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19971491
  • Filename
    626707