Progress in acousto-optic filter technology for WDM systems

Author

Smith, Dave ; Jackel, Janet

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Appl. Phys., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

163

Abstract

Technology of the integrated acoustooptic filter has advanced remarkably over the last several years, leading to polarization diversity WDM switches, filters and switches with controllable passband shape and AOTFs with internal gain. Efforts of the ARPA-funded Optical Network Technology Consortium (ONTC) led to the successful demonstration of a WDM network which uses AOTF wavelength-routing to achieve a dynamically interconnected system of nodes.

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; acousto-optical switches; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; AOTF wavelength-routing; ARPA-funded Optical Network Technology Consortium; WDM network; WDM systems; acousto-optic filter technology; controllable passband shape; dynamically interconnected node system; integrated acoustooptic filter; internal gain; polarization diversity WDM switches; Acoustic waveguides; Birefringence; Gratings; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Passband; Stimulated emission; Surface acoustic waves; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571602

Filename

571602