Three-dimensional MEMS photonic cross-connect switch design and performance

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 571-578

  Zheng, Xuezhe ^a   Kaman, Volkan ^a   Yuan, Shifu ^a   Xu, Yuanjian ^a   Jerphagnon, Olivier ^a   Keating, Adrian ^a   Anderson, Robert C ^a   Poulsen, Henrik N ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^a,b   Sechrist, James R ^a   Pusarla, Chandrasekhar ^a   Helkey, Roger ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a Calient Networks   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical switches; Photonic cross connects (PXC); Three dimensional microelectromechanical system (3 D MEMS); Transparent optical networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CORE SWITCH; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING; OPTICAL TAPS; PHOTONIC CROSS CONNECT SWITCH DESIGN; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 10744224315     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.813321     Document Type: Article

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