LOSSLESS AND LOW-CROSSTALK CHARACTERISTICS IN AN INP-BASED 2X2 OPTICAL SWITCH

Authors
KIRIHARA T OGAWA M INOUE H ISHIDA K
Citation
T. Kirihara et al., LOSSLESS AND LOW-CROSSTALK CHARACTERISTICS IN AN INP-BASED 2X2 OPTICAL SWITCH, IEEE photonics technology letters, 5(9), 1993, pp. 1059-1061
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
5
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1059 - 1061
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1993)5:9<1059:LALCIA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A lossless and low-crosstalk optical switch is most desirable for larg e-scale photonic networks. To realize such a switch, a traveling-wave amplifier is integrated into the slip waveguide of a carrier-injection type optical single-slip structure (S3) switch. We demonstrate fiber- to-fiber lossless and low-crosstalk (40 dB ON/OFF ratio) characteristi cs of two of four elements in a 2 x 2 crossbar optical switch that int egrates four amplifiers and eight Y-branch optical switches.