An electromagnetic MEMS 2×2 fiber optic bypass switch

Author

Miller, Raanan A. ; Tai, Yu-Chong ; Xu, Guoda ; Bartha, John ; Lin, Freddie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

16-19 Jun 1997

Firstpage

89

Abstract

A fully micromachined multi-mode 2×2 fiber optic bypass switch which is small (<1 cm³), fast (<10 msec), and low power when compared to commercial bypass switches, has been designed, fabricated, and tested. Development of this switch is driven by the rapid growth of fiber optic networks which require small, high performance bypass switches. Electromagnetic actuation is provided in the switch by control of a current through a set of 70-turn copper coils on a spring-supported silicon plate in the presence of a fixed external magnetic field. The electromagnetically induced switch deflections are modeled and shown to agree with experimental measurements. The performance of the switch is evaluated and compared to a commercial DiCon fiber optic multi-mode, bypass switch

Keywords

electromagnetic devices; microactuators; optical fibres; optical switches; 10 ms; DiCon; Si; Si plate; electromagnetic MEMS; electromagnetic actuation; electromagnetically induced switch deflections; fiber optic bypass switch; fiber optic networks; fixed external magnetic field; high performance bypass switches; micromachined multimode switch; Copper; Electromagnetic fields; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic switching; Micromechanical devices; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid State Sensors and Actuators, 1997. TRANSDUCERS '97 Chicago., 1997 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3829-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.1997.613589

Filename

613589