Lecture Notes

5. Photonic Network

Devices and components, switches, and routers.

Devices and components, switches, and routers.

  1. Devices ComponentsLasers, modulators, detectors and amplifiers used in photonic networks.PDF
  2. Optical SwitchesArchitectures: space, wavelength and time switching.
  3. Optical RoutersWavelength-routed networks; ROADMs; reconfigurable elements.