DocumentCode
1302357
Title
Compact latching type PANDA fiber switch
Author
Nagaoka, Shinji
Author_Institution
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
10
Issue
2
fYear
1998
Firstpage
233
Lastpage
234
Abstract
A compact and low-polarization crosstalk 1/spl times/2 PANDA fiber switch has been developed by precisely aligning the principal axes between the facing fibers. It exhibits an insertion loss of 0.5 dB, a return loss of 42 dB, polarization crosstalk of -30 dB, and a driving power of 9 mW. High-switching reproducibility with a loss change of less than 0.1 dB and a crosstalk change of less than 2 dB were obtained during 10/sup 4/ switching operations.
Keywords
optical crosstalk; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; 0.5 dB; 1 by 2 switch; 1/spl times/2 PANDA fiber switch; 42 dB; 9 mW; compact latching type PANDA fiber switch; driving power; facing fibers; high-switching reproducibility; insertion loss; low-polarization crosstalk; optical fiber transmission systems; optical sensor systems; polarization crosstalk; return loss; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Stress;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.655368
Filename
655368
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