Optical fiber switch using a deformable mirror for a large number of interconnects

Author

Peter, Y.A. ; Gonté, F. ; Herzig, H.P. ; Dändliker, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microtechnol., Neuchatel Univ., Switzerland

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

76

Abstract

The rapid expansion of fiber optic telecommunications networks requires complex optical switch matrix systems. We propose and demonstrate a switch concept with alignment and aberration corrections which has the potential of a 1×546 optical switch with 3 dB insertion loss and less than -30 dB crosstalk. Each switching configuration is optimized once. The parameters are memorized and each connection can then be addressed with its proper corrections

Keywords

aberrations; adaptive optics; micro-optics; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical switches; 3 dB; aberration corrections; adaptive correction; alignment corrections; coupling efficiency; deformable mirror; large number of interconnects; low crosstalk; low insertion loss; micro-optic fiber switch; optical fiber switch; Biomembranes; Crosstalk; Insertion loss; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical switches; Telecommunication switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS, 2000 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6257-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2000.879633

Filename

879633