DocumentCode
331049
Title
Micromechanical fiber switch arrays on silicon
Author
Kopka, Peter ; Hoffmann, Martin ; Voges, Edgar
Author_Institution
Lehrstuhl fur Hochfrequenztech., Dortmund Univ., Germany
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
20-24 Sep 1998
Firstpage
39
Abstract
Bistable micromechanical(1×2) and (1×4) fibre switches with insertion loss <1 dB and cross talk <-60 dB have been developed. Switches and switch arrays can be batch fabricated with standard semiconductor technologies on (100) or (110) silicon
Keywords
micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical switches; semiconductor switches; semiconductor technology; silicon; (100) silicon; (110) silicon; 1 dB; Si; Si micromechanical fiber switch arrays; bistable micromechanical (1×2) fibre switches; bistable micromechanical (1×4) fibre switches; cross talk; insertion loss; optical fabrication; standard semiconductor technologies; switch arrays; Clamps; Communication switching; Micromechanical devices; Optical arrays; Optical bistability; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
84-89900-14-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732424
Filename
732424
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