{"title":"Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) for WDM optical-crossconnect networks","authors":"L.Y. Lin, E. Goldstein","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821344","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) have shown promise for optical crossconnects in WDM networks. We describe various MEMS optical-switching technologies, their successes in implementing important optical-networking functionalities, and future perspectives.","PeriodicalId":334957,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 1999. IEEE Military Communications. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36341)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"MILCOM 1999. IEEE Military Communications. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36341)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821344","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 15
Abstract
MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) have shown promise for optical crossconnects in WDM networks. We describe various MEMS optical-switching technologies, their successes in implementing important optical-networking functionalities, and future perspectives.