A fully packaged 4×4 integrated optical switch matrix

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1248-1254

  Varrazza, Riccardo ^a,b   Bricheno, Terry ^a,c   Yu, Siyuan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Afonics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Micro optics; Optical cross connect; Optical crosspoint switch (OXS); Optical multicast switching; Optical packet switching (OPS); Optoelectronic device packaging

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT; OPTICAL CROSSPOINT SWITCH (OXS); OPTICAL MULTICAST SWITCHING; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING (OPS);

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SWITCHING;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 31644450817     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.860994     Document Type: Article

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