A novel space-division optical switch configuration is proposed that incorporates a low-loss single-mode-to-multimode (SM-to-MM) combiner. We have confirmed the feasibility of a 16/spl times/16 10-Gb/s/port optical crossbar switch through an experiment with a silica waveguide combiner.
Published in:
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
(Volume:10
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Jan. 1998