Quasi-passive and reconfigurable optical node: Implementations with discrete latching switches
Jiyu Jin, Yu‐He Bi, M. De Leenheer, L.G. Kazovsky, Jose Krause Perin, Moisés R. N. Ribeiro · 2012
Quasi-Passive and Reconfigurable (QPAR) optical nodes are implemented using two different discrete optical latching switches based on Micro-Opto-Mechanical and Magneto-Optic principles. A clear trade-off between speed and power consumption is noticed for those QPAR realizations.