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New research development of MEMS optical switches in the all-optical network

Mei Liu

Abstract

Optical switches will become key components for optical switching in the future all?鄄optical network. MEMS technology is thought as one of the most prospective manufacturing technologies for optical components. Firstly,the differences between MEMS optical switches and some other optical switches are compactly stated and some characteristics about MEMS optical switches are introduced in this paper. Then,2D,3D and especially the new 1D MEMS optical switch are introduced respectively and comparisons between them are made. Finally,different challenges faced by MEMS optical switches are synthetically discussed.

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Key concepts: Microelectromechanical systems, Optical switch, Optical cross-connect, Optical burst switching, Optical engineering, Key (lock), Optical performance monitoring, Electronic engineering