DocumentCode
600014
Title
Optical fiber switches
Author
Iqbal, M.K. ; Iqbal, M.U. ; Iqbal, M. Bilal ; Iqbal, M.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Telecommun., Univ. Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Bahawalpur, Pakistan
fYear
2012
fDate
20-22 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
40
Lastpage
45
Abstract
The switching speed of electronics can never match the transmission capacity offered by the optics. This paper basically describes some basic kinds of optical switches. Behaviour of different optical switches i.e. OEO (Optical-Electrical-Optical) and OOO (Optical-Optical-Optical) switches is discussed with reference to open source optical communication. Some basic technologies used for optical switching along with their pros and cons are also presented in this paper.
Keywords
electro-optical switches; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; OEO switch; OOO switch; open source optical communication; optical fiber switches; optical switching; optical-electrical-optical switch; optical-optical-optical switch; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); OEO; OOO; optical switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Lahore
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-3094-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICOSST.2012.6472825
Filename
6472825
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