Array interconnection for rearrangeable 2-D MEMS optical switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1134-1140

  Chai, Teck Yoong ^a,b   Cheng, Tee Hiang ^a   Bose, Sanjay K ^c   Lu, Chao ^a   Shen, Gangxiang ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interconnection networks; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Optical switches; Optimization; Rearrangeable; Routing control

Indexed keywords

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ROUTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAY INTERCONNECTION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0042594590     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810571     Document Type: Article

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