TY - GEN
T1 - Proposal of a novel MMI-based NxN non-blocking optical ring switch
AU - Xie, N.
AU - Utaka, K.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We propose a novel optical NxN switch network based on MMI elements and a nested rings topology. Reductions compared to the conventional Beneš network include the number of switching elements, power consumption, and physical device area. As much as 20% reduction to the number of elements is achievable for an NxN switch. An equation has also been derived for the number of switches. Since MMI elements in this type of device are required to operate with bi-directional inputs, passive simulation shows that they can exhibit low losses of 0.1 dB with -52dB of crosstalk.
AB - We propose a novel optical NxN switch network based on MMI elements and a nested rings topology. Reductions compared to the conventional Beneš network include the number of switching elements, power consumption, and physical device area. As much as 20% reduction to the number of elements is achievable for an NxN switch. An equation has also been derived for the number of switches. Since MMI elements in this type of device are required to operate with bi-directional inputs, passive simulation shows that they can exhibit low losses of 0.1 dB with -52dB of crosstalk.
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U2 - 10.1109/OFC.2007.4348315
DO - 10.1109/OFC.2007.4348315
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:39749150907
SN - 1557528314
SN - 9781557528315
T3 - OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007
BT - OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007
T2 - OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007
Y2 - 25 March 2007 through 29 March 2007
ER -