title: Dynamic holography for optical interconnections. I. Noise floor of low-cross-talk holographic switches.
abstract: Reconfigurable optical interconnects constructed by recording dynamic holograms onto spatial light modulators may be crucial elements in all-optical networks. The extremely low cross-talk level of such free-space holographic switches was shown by an analytic approximation and verified experimentally. The fiber-to-fiber switch utilizes the spatial filtering properties of single-mode fibers, and its cross-talk noise is limited to the sidelobe power as a result of diffraction of the clipped Gaussian beam at the hologram aperture edges, provided that all higher orders are avoided. Greater than 45-dB cross-talk isolation has been measured at transverse-axis locations, and locating a fiber port at off-transverse-axis directions promises to double this level if aberrations are negligible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK. kim.tan@e-tek.com
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Crossland
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mears