1x8 fiber-optic switch based on an innovative waveguide converter and a micro torsion mirror.
This paper reports a 1x8 fiber-optic switch based on an innovative waveguide converter and a micro torsion mirror. A compact 9-fiber collimator is implemented with the waveguide converter. With the micro torsion mirror aligned to the 9-fiber collimator, light from the central fiber can be steered to any of the other 8 fibers. The introduction of the waveguide converter enables a smaller and faster micro torsion mirror. The switch shows good performance, insertion loss, nonuniformity, and cross talk is <3.02 dB, <0.4 dB, and <-35 dB respectively. Improvements of performance are expected after further optimization.
Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Zhujun
Z
Wan
Yaming
Y
Wu
Jing
J
Yuan
Jing
J
Xu