Title :
Low interchannel crosstalk high speed fiber optic N×N crossconnect switch using polarization optics and ferroelectric liquid crystals
Author :
Yuan, Shifu ; Riza, Nabeel A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Eng., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
It is highly desirable to have a low loss, high speed, low interchannel crosstalk, and light-weight fiber optic N×N cross-connect switch without any physical moving parts. It is well known that ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) can be used as high-speed polarization switching devices without any moving parts. In a previous letter we have reported a 2×2 fiber optic FLC switch with low interchannel crosstalk and high speed. Hence, in this paper, we propose the use of polarization optics combined with ferroelectric liquid crystals to build a N×N switch for optical cross-connects
Keywords :
ferroelectric devices; ferroelectric liquid crystals; high-speed optical techniques; liquid crystal devices; optical crosstalk; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; ferroelectric liquid crystal; high speed fiber optic cross-connect switch; interchannel crosstalk; polarization optics; Ferroelectric materials; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystals; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches; SONET;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739790
