1×2 micro mechanical fiber optical switches using v-grooves on sidewall

Author

Fujita, Jun ; Suehiro, Yoshiyuki ; Itoh, Takahiko ; Matsuura, Tsukasa ; Yamada, Kouichi ; Tsutsumi, Kazuhiko ; Uemura, Aritomo ; Kaneko, Shin-ichi ; Hatta, Tatsuo ; Hamanaka, Koichi

Author_Institution

Adv. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Hyogo, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

60

Abstract

Fiber optical switches become more important with the growth of fiber based optical telecommunication networks. 1×2 micro mechanical fiber moving optical switches without reflective index matching oil, using V-grooves on sidewall have been developed. A compact fiber optical switch without reflective index matching oil was fabricated using precise surfaces and accurate fiber positioning by anisotropic TMAH etched V-grooves. It exhibited good performance, of short switching time (2 m sec), low insertion loss (0.5 dB), and low back reflection

Keywords

micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; 1×2 micro mechanical fiber moving optical switches; 1×2 micro mechanical fiber optical switches; accurate fiber positioning; anisotropic TMAH etched V-grooves; compact fiber optical switch; fiber based optical telecommunication networks; low insertion loss; ow back reflection; precise surfaces; short switching time; sidewall; v-grooves; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Etching; Geometrical optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical switches; Performance loss; Petroleum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.890673

Filename

890673