DocumentCode
923241
Title
A class of directional-coupler-based photonic switching networks
Author
Jajszczyk, Andrzej
Author_Institution
Franco-Polish Sch. of New Inf. & Commun. Technol., Poznan, Poland
Volume
41
Issue
4
fYear
1993
fDate
4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
599
Lastpage
603
Abstract
A class of photonic switching networks composed of directional couplers is proposed. These networks require only two switching stages containing active elements. Both point-to-point and multicast architectures are presented. Various characteristics of the networks are compared to those of networks previously known with respect to insertion loss, SNR, number of crossovers, and number of active elements
Keywords
directional couplers; optical switches; SNR; active elements; crossovers; directional couplers; insertion loss; multicast architectures; photonic switching networks; point-to-point architecture; switching stages; Attenuation; Communication switching; Directional couplers; Insertion loss; Lithium niobate; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical losses; Optical switches; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0090-6778
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/26.223784
Filename
223784
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