A phased array optical scanning (PHAROS) device used as a 1-to-9 way switch

Author

Heaton, John M. ; Wight, David R. ; Parker, John T. ; Hughes, Brian T. ; Birbeck, Jeremy C H ; Hilton, Keith P.

Author_Institution

Div. of Electron., Defence Res. Agency, Great Malvern, UK

Volume

28

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

678

Lastpage

685

Abstract

An optical switch is demonstrated which uses a phased array of 30 closely spaced, individually addressed electrooptic AlGaAs-GaAs waveguides to focus and steer a light beam under electronic control in a planar output waveguide. A small and potentially very high speed 1-to-9 way optical switch, (with -15 dB of crosstalk) was made by placing an array of nine output waveguides at different positions in a focal plane 1 mm from the end of the electrooptic array

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electro-optical devices; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; optical switches; III-V semiconductors; electronic control; focal plane; focus; individually addressed electrooptic AlGaAs-GaAs waveguides; light beam; optical switch; phased array optical scanning device; planar output waveguide; steer; Electrooptical waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical planar waveguides; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Planar waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.124993

Filename

124993