A new structure optical fiber wavelength-selective switch

Author

Hao Zhao ; Ronghui Qu ; Zujie Fang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Optical Fibre Technol., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

525

Abstract

The optical fiber switch with wavelength-selectivity is very useful in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networking such as WDM channel protection and optical network reconfiguration. We show here a new structure for a wavelength-selective switch. It is a combination of a fiber loop mirror (FLM) with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). It has low insertion loss and can switch specific wavelength light from multi-wavelength input light.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; mirrors; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channel protection; WDM networking; fiber Bragg grating; fiber loop mirror; low insertion loss; multi-wavelength input light; optical fiber switch; optical fiber wavelength-selective switch; optical network reconfiguration; wavelength light switching; wavelength-division multiplexing; wavelength-selective switch; wavelength-selectivity; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Mirrors; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical switches; Protection; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811552

Filename

811552