A space dilated lightwave network - a new approach

Author

Suliman, F.M. ; Mohammad, A.B. ; Seman, K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

23 Feb.-1 March 2003

Firstpage

1675

Abstract

The space dilation concept for reducing crosstalk in Ti:LiNBO₃, directional coupler-based photonic switches operating at a single wavelength is applied using a new approach. A novel switch architecture is proposed for unicast nonblocking photonic switching networks to fully exploit the advantages of this method. Some properties of the switch architecture are derived and analyzed. The performance of the switch is also discussed and compared with other well-known network architectures.

Keywords

lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical crosstalk; optical directional couplers; optical losses; photonic switching systems; titanium; LiNBO₃:Ti; channel crossover; insertion loss; optical communication; optical couplers; optical crosstalk; optical losses; optical switches; photonic switching; space dilated lightwave network; spatial dilation; switch architecture; Communication switching; Directional couplers; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7661-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191685

Filename

1191685