Title :
Packaging and performance of an ultra-fast 1×4 optical switch
Author :
Zuo, Y. ; Bahamin, B. ; Langlois, P. ; Aimez, V. ; Plant, D.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We report a packaged ultra-fast 1×4 fiber-optic switch obtained by cascading two electro-optic scanners. The resulting switch exhibits a fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of 3.2 dB and rise and fall times of 46 ns and 8 ns, respectively.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical fibre losses; optical switches; packaging; 3.2 dB; 46 ns; 8 ns; electro-optic scanners; fiber-to-fiber insertion loss; ultra-fast fiber-optic switch packaging; Electrooptic deflectors; Electrooptic devices; Insertion loss; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches; Packaging; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202014
