Title :
InP-based optical cross-connects for WDM networks
Author :
Herben, Chretien G P
Author_Institution :
Photonic Integrated Circuits Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Recent developments in WDM require devices with increasing complexity such as WDM cross-connects. Monolithic integration of these devices offers both compactness and reduction of packaging costs. Progress in the field of InP-based integrated WDM cross-connects is reviewed
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packaging; reviews; wavelength division multiplexing; InP; InP-based optical cross-connects; WDM networks; compactness; monolithic integration; packaging costs; Add-drop multiplexers; Chirp; Crosstalk; Indium phosphide; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical fiber networks; Space technology; Switches; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811771
