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Optical Nets: Moving beyond MEMs
6/10/2002 11:49 AM EDT
Optical Nets: Moving beyond MEMs
MEMs eye dynamic optical products
Building up to transparent and reconfigurable optical networks
Virtual concatenation, LCAS benefit next-gen Sonet/SDH nets
Network vendors brew Ethernet/SONET hybrid
MEMS-based light valves manage wavelengths for DWDM optical networks
Manufacturing approach simplifies high-interconnect optical subsystems production
Cost and reliability concerns dominate DWDM multiplexer design
Electronic, photonic integration question shifts from 'how' to 'why'
Just a few years ago, a tight marriage between electronic control and wavelength translation was seen as a driver
for bringing electronic and photonic components to a single substrate. While III-V materials had their proponents,
silicon was seen by most researchers as the great equalizer, making popular the phrase "silicon optical bench."
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