Title :
8×16 delivery-and-coupling-type optical switches for a 320-Gbit/s throughput optical path cross-connect system
Author :
Koga, Masafumi ; Watanabe, Atsushi ; Okamoto, Satoru ; Sato, Ken-Ichi ; Okuno, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Four sets of 8×16 delivery-and-coupling-type optical switches for a 320-Gbit/s throughput optical path cross-connect system were developed by utilizing planar-lightwave-circuit technology, and an average ON/OFF ratio of 42.1 dB was achieved.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical switches; photonic switching systems; 320 Gbit/s; delivery-and-coupling-type optical switches; optical path cross-connect system; planar-lightwave-circuit technology; Communication switching; Insertion loss; Laboratories; Multimedia communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Temperature dependence; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.908278
