Integrated optical 2 × 2 switch for wavelength multiplexed interconnects

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-85

  Williams, Kevin A ^a   Roberts, Guy F ^a   Lin, Tao ^a   Penty, Richard V ^a   White, Ian H ^a   Glick, Madeleine ^b   McAuley, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical interconnection; Optical switches; Packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PACKET SWITCHING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; MULTIHOP NETWORKING; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 14544288271     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841722     Document Type: Article

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