• DocumentCode
    1391893
  • Title

    Blocking property of cross-connect node architecture using star couplers, wavelength converters and optical switch matrices

  • Author

    Okayama, H. ; Kamijoh, T.

  • Author_Institution
    R&D Group, Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1005
  • Lastpage
    1007
  • Abstract
    The cross-connect architecture using star couplers, wavelength converters and optical switch matrices is the simplest of the many architectures proposed so far. The authors demonstrate a design criterion for attaining a strictly non-blocking network between any wavelength and spatial channels
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical frequency conversion; photonic switching systems; blocking property; cross-connect node architecture; optical switch matrices; spatial channels; star couplers; strictly non-blocking network; wavelength converters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980719
  • Filename
    682983
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1391893