238 x 238 micromechanical optical cross connect

Author

Aksyuk, V.A. ; Arney, S. ; Basavanhally, N.R. ; Bishop, D.J. ; Bolle, C.A. ; Chang, C.C. ; Frahm, R. ; Gasparyan, A. ; Gates, J.V. ; George, R. ; Giles, C.R. ; Kim, J. ; Kolodner, P.R. ; Lee, T.M. ; Neilson, David T. ; Nijander, C. ; Nuzman, C.J. ; Paczko

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

587

Lastpage

589

Abstract

This letter describes a 238/spl times/238 beam-steering optical cross connect constructed using surface micromachined mirrors. Its innovative optical configuration resulted in superior optical performance, achieving a mean fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of 1.33 dB and a maximum insertion loss for all 56 644 connections of 2 dB.

Keywords

beam steering; micro-optics; micromachining; micromechanical devices; mirrors; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical switches; 1.33 dB; 2 dB; MEMS mirror arrays; beam-steering optical cross connect; maximum insertion loss; mean fiber-to-fiber insertion loss; micromechanical optical cross connect; optical configuration; optical performance; surface micromachined mirrors; Fabrics; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Repeaters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809261

Filename

1190212