Title :
A tolerant switch design for integrated-optic crossbar switching arrays
Author :
Aretz, K. ; Bülow, H. ; Petermann, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, West Germany
Abstract :
A design-tolerant switch for crossbar switching arrays has been fabricated on LiNbO3 yielding a crosstalk of -22.9 dB for zero applied voltage. Preliminary experiments for extending this switching concept to polarization-independent switching are presented
Keywords :
integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical switches; LiNbO3; crossbar switching arrays; crosstalk; design-tolerant switch; integrated optics; polarization-independent switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton