Mechanical electrostatically actuated optic switch for N /spl times/ N cross-connect array

Author

Shubin, Ivan ; Wa, P.L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Opt., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

154

Abstract

Summary form only given. The non-stopping growth of fiber optic networks has stimulated a great interest in optical switching. Micromachined optical switches are under thorough investigation due to their potentially low insertion losses and crosstalk. Electrostatic actuators are featured with low power consumption, high switching speed and small geometries. We propose an electrostatically driven 1 /spl times/ 2 switch by making use of planar waveguide SiON technology.

Keywords

electro-optical switches; electrostatic devices; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical interconnections; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; silicon compounds; N /spl times/ N cross-connect array; SiON; electrostatic actuators; electrostatically driven 1 X 2 switch; high switching speed; low crosstalk; low insertion losses; mechanical electrostatically actuated optic switch; micromachined optical switches; optical switching; planar waveguide SiON technology; small geometries; Electrostatic actuators; Energy consumption; Geometrical optics; Insertion loss; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947637

Filename

947637