DocumentCode
422526
Title
Compact 1/spl times/8 MEMS optical switches using planar lightwave circuits
Author
Chi, Chao-Hsi ; Yao, Jin ; Tsai, Jui-che ; Wu, Ming C. ; Okamoto, Katsunari
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Abstract
A compact 1/spl times/8 optical switch is realized by directly butt-coupling a MEMS mirror to a planar lightwave circuit (PLC). A cylindrical microlens is microfabricated on PLC to reduce diffraction loss. A fiber-to-fiber loss of 6.3 dB is measured.
Keywords
microlenses; micromirrors; microswitches; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; optical switches; 6.3 dB; MEMS; butt-coupling; cylindrical microlens; diffraction loss; fiber-to-fiber loss measurement; microfabrication; mirror; optical switches; planar lightwave circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1362140
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