Author :
Ryf, R. ; Kim, J. ; Hickey, J.P. ; Gnauck, A. ; Carr, D. ; Pardo, F. ; Bolle, C. ; Frahm, R. ; Basavanhally, N. ; Yoh, C. ; Ramsey, D. ; Boie, R. ; George, R. ; Kraus, J. ; Lichtenwalner, C. ; Papazian, R. ; Gates, J. ; Shea, H.R. ; Gasparyan, A. ; Murato
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A 1296-port MEMS transparent optical crossconnect with 5.1dB/spl plusmn/1.1dB insertion loss at 1550 nm is reported. Measured worst-case optical crosstalk in a fabric was n38 dB and nominal switching rise/fall times were 5 ms. A 2.07 petabit/s switch capacity was verified upon cross-connecting a forty-channel by 40 Gb/s DWDM data stream through a prototype fabric.
Keywords :
micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical crosstalk; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 1550 nm; 2.07 Pbit/s; 4 to 6.2 dB; 40 Gbit/s; 5 ms; DWDM data stream; MEMS transparent optical crossconnect; cross-connection; insertion loss; optical crosstalk; prototype fabric; switch capacity; switching rise/fall times; Fabrics; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Prototypes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
