New transmissive and reflective star networks allowing easy optical interconnection

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T. Hermes · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

U. Hilbk · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

P. Meißner · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

J. Saniter · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

Fritz-Joachim Westphal · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

Abstract

New transmissive as well as reflective star couplers are proposed with the property that networks based on these stars can be interconnected without problems. The new star couplers are generated by minor modifications of conventional star couplers. Besides optical amplifiers only one additional special star coupler is necessary. The interconnection scheme allows simple addition of redundancy.

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Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Optical Network Technologies Photonic and Optical Devices

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Published in: Electronics Letters

Volume 29, Issue 24, pp. 2137-2139

DOI: 10.1049/el:19931429

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New transmissive and reflective star networks allowing easy optical interconnection

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