Title :
Versatile acousto-optic vector-matrix architecture for fast optical space switches
Author :
Gosselin, Stéphane ; Sapriel, Jacques
Author_Institution :
CNET, Lannion, France
Abstract :
A novel space-switching architecture based on multichannel acousto-optic deflectors is proposed. Various 8×8 GaAs system configurations at 1.55 μm wavelength exhibit fiber-to-fiber losses ranging from 10 to 22 dB with reconfiguration times between 310 and 75 ns
Keywords :
acousto-optical deflectors; acousto-optical switches; modules; optical communication equipment; optical fibre losses; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; 10 to 22 dB; 310 ns; 75 ns; 8×8 GaAs system configurations; GaAs; fast optical space switches; fiber-to-fiber losses; multichannel acousto-optic deflectors; reconfiguration times; space-switching architecture; versatile acousto-optic vector-matrix architecture; Gallium arsenide; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical beams; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Switches; Telecommunication switching; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732528
