ACTS: APEX

Full Name: Advanced Photonic Experimental X-connect

Duration: 1/3/98-31/12/99 (Finished)

Partners:

• Siemens
• Philips
• Cobra
• BBV

Objective:

• Research of improvement of advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits and on a novel cross-talkreducing scrambling method and their testing in an experimental cross-connect demonstrator set-up

INTEC's Role:

• To develop a packaged integrated multi-wavelength laser module. Performance targets are -10 dBm power coupled into the fibre, -20 dB crosstalk at 622 Mbit/s