Proposed optical cross connect using a planar arrangement of beam steerers

Citation
Cr. Doerr et C. Dragone, Proposed optical cross connect using a planar arrangement of beam steerers, IEEE PHOTON, 11(2), 1999, pp. 197-199
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
197 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199902)11:2<197:POCCUA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We propose a design for a strict-sense nonblocking N X N spatial optical cr oss connect that employs planar lightwave beam steerers. The beam steerers allow for a modular design without requiring two-dimensional chip-to-chip w aveguide interconnections. The modular design and the fact that the number of electrical leads scales as N log N in turn allows the possibility of con structing large, robust, solid-state cross connects. We also propose a casc aded beam-steerer design that substantially relaxes the phase shifter stren gth requirement.