High-density micromachined polygon optical crossconnects exploiting network connection-symmetry

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1425-1427

  Lin, L Y ^a,b   Goldstein, E L ^a,b   Simmons, J M ^a,b   Tkach, R W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Connection symmetry; Free space; Micromachined; Optical crossconnect; Optical network; Optical switch

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CORE-TRANSPORT NETWORKS; FREE-SPACE MICROMACHINED OPTICAL SWITCHES; HIGH-DENSITY MICROMACHINED POLYGON OPTICAL CROSSCONNECTS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0032188033     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.720282     Document Type: Article

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