Title :
Bistable optical fibre switch
Author :
D¿¿hne, C. ; Harmer, A.L.
Author_Institution :
Battelle-Geneva Research Centres, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
The construction of a fast low-powered one-pole two-way optical fibre switch is described. It has a measured insertion loss of 0.43 dB, or 0.04 dB with index matching fluid, and a crosstalk below ¿75 dB. Switch power is 0.6 mJ with a total switching time of 2 ms The time to switch from one fibre output to another is 0.4 ms.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical waveguide components; relays; bistable optical fibre switch; crosstalk; insertion loss; relays;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800458
