Integrated multichannel optical wavelength selective switches incorporating an arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer and thermooptic switches

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 650-655

  Suzuki, Senichi ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Himeno, Akira ^b,c,f,g   Ishii, Motohaya ^c,h,i  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b OSA ^*  (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Inst Electronics Info Commun E   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical interconnection; Optical switches; Optical waveguide components; Planar waveguides; Waveguide switches; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG) MULTIPLEXERS; INTEGRATED MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCHES; OPTICAL SPACE DIVISION SWITCHES; THERMOOPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032049969     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.664078     Document Type: Article

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