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Optical Switch Array Using Banyan Network

Hideaki OKAYAMA, Yutaka OKABE, Takeshi KAMIJOH, Nobuyoshi SAKAMOTO

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A large scale optical switch array based on guided-wave technology using banyan network architecture is demonstrated. Banyan network architecture is the simplest NN network connecting a input port to all the output ports. A banyan network optical switch array serves as a base for constructing many classes of switch networks, as we propose in this report. We fabricated a 3232 switch and measured its characteristics. Drive voltage was about 12 V and extinction ratio was 18 dB, and the average insertion loss was 18 dB. Preliminary experiments were conducted on a 6464 device. The use of proton exchanged waveguides makes a 10 mm radius of curvature feasible.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E82-C No.2 pp.313-320
Publication Date
1999/02/25
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Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Joint Special Issue on Photonics in Switching: Systems and Devices)
Category
Photonic Switching Devices

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