HIGH-PERFORMANCE SINGLE-MODE FIBEROPTIC SWITCH

Authors
FANG SP TAYLOR HF
Citation
Sp. Fang et Hf. Taylor, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SINGLE-MODE FIBEROPTIC SWITCH, Optics letters, 19(16), 1994, pp. 1204-1206
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
16
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1204 - 1206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:16<1204:HSFS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A piezoelectrically actuated four-port Mach-Zehnder switch with 30-mus switching time and 0.25-dB insertion loss is demonstrated at a wavele ngth of 1.3 mum. The worst-case cross talk is below -21 dB for an arbi trary input polarization. The process of fabricating the switch from c ommercial fiber couplers with length matching of the interferometer ar ms is described.