Title :
New transmissive and reflective star networks allowing easy optical interconnection
Author :
Hermes, T. ; Meissner, Paul L. ; Saniter, J. ; Westphal, Fritz-Joachim
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
New transmissive as well as reflective star couplers are proposed with the property that networks based on these stars can be interconnected without problems. The new star couplers are generated by minor modifications of conventional star couplers. Besides optical amplifiers only one additional special star coupler is necessary. The interconnection scheme allows simple addition of redundancy.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical links; interconnection scheme; optical amplifiers; optical interconnection; redundancy; reflective star couplers; reflective star networks; transmissive star couplers; transmissive star networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931429
