Title :
Highly integrated PLC-type optical switches for OADM and OXC systems
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Recent work on highly integrated silica-based thermo-optic PLC-switches is reviewed. N×N switches (up to 16×16), 1×N switches (up to 1×128), 8×8 and 128×128 switching sub-systems, a monolithic optical add/drop multiplexer and related reliability tests are described.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing; optical interconnections; optical switches; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; SiO2; integrated silica-based planar lightwave circuit-switches; monolithic optical add-drop multiplexing system; optical cross-connect system; optical switches; reliability tests; thermo-optic switches; Chirp; Energy consumption; Insertion loss; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Polarization mode dispersion; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247574
