Multi-wavelength 2×2 fiber-optic switch structure using mirror array

Author

Riza, Nabeel A. ; Sumriddetchkajorn, S.

Author_Institution

Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

129

Abstract

We show that the piston motion-based two dimensional (2D) analog micromirror device in our proposed form is an interferometric multi-wavelength 2×2 fiber-optic switch. We show our proposed retroreflective multi-wavelength 2×2 fiber-optic switch structure based on a Michelson interferometer and micromirror motion. The advantage of using this interferometric technique is the small distance (<1μm) high speed motion of the mirrors to introduce the required half wave (or n) phase shift for switching

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; micro-optics; mirrors; optical arrays; optical circulators; optical switches; Michelson interferometer; half wave phase shift switching; high speed motion; interferometric technique; micromirror motion; mirror array; multi-wavelength 2×2 fiber-optic switch structure; piston motion-based 2D analog micromirror; retroreflective multi-wavelength 2×2 fiber-optic switch structure; High speed optical techniques; Micromirrors; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical beams; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5634-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1999.813512

Filename

813512