Title

Compact Switched-Retroreflection-Based 2 × 2 Optical Switching Fabric For Wdm Applications

Keywords

Cross connects; Fiber optics; Liquid crystals; Optical switches; Wavelength add-drop switches

Abstract

A low-interchannel-crosstalk 2 × 2 optical switch is proposed and analyzed. The switch is polarization independent and is based on a novel switch-retroreflection architecture and standard fiber-optic circulators that offer ease in assembly and compact size. Low interchannel crosstalk is accomplished using passive and active noise filters that suppress the leakage noise due to the passive polarization components and the active devices, respectively. Theoretical analysis of the proposed 2 × 2 optical switch is performed, and the switch interchannel crosstalk and optical insertion loss is estimated under different conditions. A novel system architecture is also proposed that uses the switched-retroreflection-based 2 × 2 optical switch and wavelength-division multiplexers/demultiplexers to form an add-drop wavelength-division-multiplexed filter with reduced component count. © 2005 IEEE.

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

23

Issue

1

Number of Pages

247-259

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2004.834830

Socpus ID

13244292385 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/13244292385

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