GUIDED-WAVE OPTICAL SWITCH ARCHITECTURES .1. SPACE SWITCHING

Authors
HUNTER DK ANDONOVIC I
Citation
Dk. Hunter et I. Andonovic, GUIDED-WAVE OPTICAL SWITCH ARCHITECTURES .1. SPACE SWITCHING, International journal of optoelectronics, 9(6), 1994, pp. 477-487
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic",Optics
Journal title
International journal of optoelectronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09525432
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
477 - 487
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-5432(1994)9:6<477:GOSA.S>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Guided wave optical switching has been in existence for well over a de cade and, at present, several architectures exist that could become ca ndidates for use in optical systems. This paper will review optical sp ace switching architectures, highlighting their performance parameters . Issues peculiar to optical implementation such as crosstalk, wavegui de interface losses and attenuation will be considered. A similar trea tment for optical time division switching will be presented in an acco mpanying paper.