NDLI: MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) Based Wavelength-Selective Building Block in a Transparent Network Architecture

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Yuan Ma
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Electr. & Comput. Eng., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS (Yuan Ma)
Abstract	The wide deployment of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical network is inevitable with ever expanding internet and wireless traffic. Conventional optical network components, such as discrete switch, and variable attenuator, are becoming increasingly unattractive, expensive, and very often, infeasible to be used for the implementation of a communication system with such high channel density. For years, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology has been a critical player for many discrete network functions with unmatched performance on chromatic dispersion, insertion loss, speed and reliability. An often over-looked character of MEMS is its large scale integratibility, which provides a unique potential solution for developing building blocks of fundamental DWDM functions. Several important MEMS applications in DWDM will be reviewed with emphasis on critical functions such as wavelength switching, wavelength interleaver, multi-channel add, drop, multiplexing and demultiplexing.
Starting Page	326
Ending Page	330
File Size	497286
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769531359
DOI	10.1109/CNSR.2008.37
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-05
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Microelectromechanical systems Micromechanical devices Wavelength division multiplexing Optical fiber networks IP networks Telecommunication traffic Optical switches Communication switching Attenuators Communication system traffic transparent network wavelength selective building block micro-mirror electrostatic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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