Name
Abstract | ||
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Optical crossconnects are rapidly emerging as critical elementsfor provisioning and restoration in high-capacitywavelength-division-multiplexed optical networks. High port countappears to be emerging as particularly important in thiscore-network application, with 500-port optical crossconnects(OXCs) widely expected to be needed within about five years. Thisrequirement severely strains current optical-switchingtechnologies. The emergence of this new application is, however,beginning to stimulate new device technologies. One of these is thefree-space micromachined optical switch (FS-MOS). This approachcombines the advantages of free-space interconnection andmonolithic integrated optics, thus offering the possibility ofachieving high port-count in a small, low-cost system withexcellent optical quality. In this paper, we review the fundamentalprinciples, fabrication, and performance of the FS-MOS, and discussboth its port-count scalability and its ability to incorporateadvanced optical-networking functionality within the switch fabricitself. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
1999 | J. High Speed Networks | port-count scalability,new device technology,new application,optical crossconnects,500-port optical crossconnects,optical quality,high port-count,high-capacity lightwave network,high port countappears,optical switch,high-capacitywavelength-division-multiplexed optical network |
Field | DocType | Volume |
Computer architecture,Telecommunications,Optical switch,Computer science,Integrated optics,Computer network,Provisioning,Interconnection,Fabrication,Scalability | Journal | 8 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
1 | 0926-6801 | 4 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.70 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Y. Lin | 1 | 4 | 0.70 |
| E. L. Goldstein | 2 | 29 | 10.56 |
| L. M. Lunardi | 3 | 5 | 1.05 |
| R. W. Tkach | 4 | 4 | 0.70 |