DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL PASSIVE STAR COUPLERS

被引:6
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作者
IRSHID, M [1 ]
KAVEHRAD, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV OTTAWA,DEPT ELECT ENGN,OTTAWA K1N 6N5,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1109/68.79769
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this letter, we present a technique by which a single centralized passive star coupler in an optical star network is replaced by a distributed one. This is done by partitioning the star coupler into numerous pieces and placing them at the network nodes. Such a placement results in a great saving in the number of fibers required to build the star network. In addition to this saving, the problems associated with constructing a large single N x N star coupler are bypassed.
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