Title :
Fiber Switching with a Diffractive Mirror Structure: Insertion Loss and Crosstalk Analysis
Author :
Sinefeld, David ; Marom, Dan M.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We analyze the 1×K fiber switching performance when using a diffractive mirror in place of a tilting micromirror. Our findings demonstrate increasing insertion losses for larger fiber counts and elevated crosstalk levels due to quantization effects.
Keywords :
beam steering; diffractive optical elements; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; mirrors; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; phase modulation; quantisation (signal); spatial light modulators; beam steering architecture; crosstalk analysis; diffractive mirror structure; fiber switching performance; insertion loss; phase SLM; quantization effects; Diffraction; Insertion loss; Micromirrors; Mirrors; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Performance analysis; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528054
