Title :
Scalable 128 × 128 optical switch system composed of planar lightwave circuit and fiber sheet for optical crossconnect
Author :
Goh, Takashi ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Watanabe, Toshio ; Kobayashi, Masato ; Shibata, Takuma ; Ishii, M. ; Sohma, S. ; Abe, Y. ; Okuno, M. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-0198 Japan, goh@exa.onlab.ntt.co.jp
Abstract :
We constructed a prototype scalable 128×128 optical switch system using silica-based 1×128 thermo-optic switches. The system provides high levels of performance namely a low insertion loss (<6.5dB) and a high extinction ratio (>90dB).
Keywords :
Circuits; Connectors; Erbium; Insertion loss; Large-scale systems; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
