Title :
Optical MEMS in Optical Networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Subsyst. Res., Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
This study investigates optical micromachines, which are positioned as an enabling technology for the next generation of optical line systems. This work also discusses the MEMS-based optical crossconnect as a scalable platform that enables the next generation of mesh-based network architectures
Keywords :
micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; mesh-based network architectures; optical MEMS; optical crossconnect; optical line systems; optical micromachines; optical networks; scalable platform;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
