Architecture for a Class of Scalable Optical Cross-Connects
BROADNETS '04 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Broadband Networks
Cost-Effective Designs of WDM Optical Interconnects
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Piezoelectric actuated multiple channels optical switch
Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
Compressed network monitoring for ip and all-optical networks
Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
Reconfigurable 1×4 InP-based optical switch
Microelectronics Journal
WDM optical interconnects: a balanced design approach
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Upgrading unicast nodes to multicast-capable nodes in all-optical networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
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Over the last few years an amazing amount of interest has emerged for applications of micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in telecommunications. Silicon-based optical MEMS have proven to be the technology of choice for low-cost scalable photonic applications because they allow mass manufacturing of highly accurate miniaturized parts, and use materials with excellent mechanical and electrical properties. Applications include tunable lasers, optical switches, and tunable filters. The use of MEMS for optical switching has turned out to be most attractive since this application could revolutionize fiber optic telecommunications. We discuss the technology, performance, and reliability of 2D MEMS optical switches. We show that this technology meets the scalability, performance, and reliability requirements for important applications in fiber optic networks