Performance improvements in bubble-actuated photonic cross-connect switches

Author

Venkatesh, S. ; Fouquet, J.E. ; Haven, R. ; DePue, M. ; Seekola, D. ; Okano, H. ; Uetsuka, H.

Author_Institution

Agilent Labs., Agilent Technol., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

39

Abstract

Photonic cross-connect switches have many advantageous features that should enable their use in optical fiber communications systems. One such primary feature is their transparency to bit rate, coding protocol, and wavelength. However, where the cost and size requirements of optical amplification may be a serious consideration, intrinsic insertion loss may limit the usefulness of some photonic switch approaches, especially for large port counts.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; routing protocols; telecommunication switching; bit rate transparency; bubble-actuated photonic cross-connect switches; coding protocol; cost requirements; intrinsic insertion loss; large port counts; optical amplification; optical fiber communications systems; photonic switch approaches; size requirements; wavelength; Actuators; Communication switching; Etching; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Programmable control; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133907

Filename

1133907