Quasi-Passive and Reconfigurable (QPAR) optical nodes are implemented using two different discrete optical latching switches based on Micro-Opto-Mechanical and Magneto-Optic principles. A clear trade-off between speed and power consumption is noticed for those QPAR realizations.
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Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Date of Conference: 23-27 Sept. 2012