• DocumentCode
    448149
  • Title

    Packaging and performance of an ultra-fast 1×4 optical switch

  • Author

    Zuo, Y. ; Bahamin, B. ; Langlois, P. ; Aimez, V. ; Plant, D.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1031
  • Abstract
    We report a packaged ultra-fast 1×4 fiber-optic switch obtained by cascading two electro-optic scanners. The resulting switch exhibits a fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of 3.2 dB and rise and fall times of 46 ns and 8 ns, respectively.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; optical fibre losses; optical switches; packaging; 3.2 dB; 46 ns; 8 ns; electro-optic scanners; fiber-to-fiber insertion loss; ultra-fast fiber-optic switch packaging; Electrooptic deflectors; Electrooptic devices; Insertion loss; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches; Packaging; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202014
  • Filename
    1573080