A two-way optical interconnection network using a single mode fiber array

We present a dynamic free space interconnection network for single mode fibers. The architecture consists of a two-way imaging geometry involving only one single mode fiber array. Input and output fibers belong to the same fiber array. Programmable and fixed diffractive optical elements are used for beam steering and wavefront correction. We show that the network ensures favorable conditions for launching and allows for a high interconnection volume with minimal insertion losses at 2.5 Gb/s. The architecture is also adapted to the use of binary electrically addressed spatial light modulators. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.