A new technology from Xerox Corp. could help eliminate data bottlenecks by bringing high-capacity fibreoptics directly to every home and business in the not too distant future. Xerox breaks the ...

Cost-effective transparent connectivity is possible thanks to an optical switch core module that routes light from any of 80 input fibers to any of 80 output fibers. Developed by Glimmerglass, the ...

Fibre optic switches for single mode and multimode fibres based on a micro-mechanical/micro-optical concept provide excellent performance parameters, high flexibility ...

Fig. 1. (a) Schematic of the 1x2 optical switch element based on the Ln-Si3N4 hybrid waveguide. (b) Missalignment tolerance of the evanescent coupler in the Y direction. (c) Effective index of the ...

An all-optical fiber-optic switching device that maintains the signal as light from input to output. Traditional switches that connect optical fiber lines are electro-optic. They convert photons from ...

Researchers working under Juerg Leuthold, Professor of Photonics and Communications, have created the world’s smallest integrated optical switch. Applying a small voltage causes an atom to relocate, ...

BILLERICA, MA—Optical switches are fast becoming a component of choice for telecom engineers who develop reconfigurable networks. With optical switching, you don't have to convert optical signals to ...

Engineers at Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have developed a 16-way optical cross-connect switch for use in metropolitan-area fiber networks that they say is capable of operating faster than similar ...