Title :
Polymeric 16×16 digital optical switch matrix
Author :
Rabbering, F.L.W. ; van Nunen, J.F.P. ; Eldada, L.
Author_Institution :
Telephotonics Inc., Wilmington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present experimental results on the first integrated optical 16×16 strictly non-blocking polymeric switch matrix based on 1×2 digital optical switches. The prototype exhibits an insertion loss around 6 dB and an extinction of better than 30 dB. The polarization dependence is low.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; optical switches; digital optical switch matrix; integrated optics; nonblocking switch; optical ASIC; optical application-specific integrated circuit; planar lightwave circuit; planar polymer waveguide; polarization; polymeric switch matrix; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Switching circuits; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989058
