Title :
Acousto-optic switch based on single-mode fiber tapers
Author :
Qun, Li ; Tong, Li ; Wei, Yuan ; Dan, Liu ; Ming, Liu Xiao ; De, Peng Jiang ; Kun, Zhou Bing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
By carefully controlling the shape of single-mode fiber taper, an acousto-optic switch with 24 dB extinction ratio, 0.1 dB insertion loss and 20 /spl mu/s switching time is achieved for the first time.
Keywords :
acousto-optical switches; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; photonic switching systems; 0.1 dB; 1.55 mum; 20 mus; acousto-optic switch; extinction ratio; fiber based acousto-optic devices; fiber taper shape; insertion loss; optical communication systems; single-mode fiber taper; single-mode fiber tapers; switching time; Acoustic waves; Acoustooptic devices; Communication switching; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical switches; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820555
