Mechanical optical switch using flexible polymeric waveguide
Mechanical optical switch using flexible polymeric waveguide
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使用柔性聚合物波导的机械光开关
DOI：
10.1109/ofc.2002.1036170
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发表时间：
2002
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T. Hatta
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作者：
T. Saito;S. Tabata;A. Sugitatsu;T. Hatta
我们提出了一种新型的光开关使用聚合物波导，这是预期有几个优点，如低插入损耗，高可靠性，低成本。聚合物机械开关（POMS）利用聚合物波导的柔性，并且通过控制在交叉点处的芯之间的物理接触来实现开关操作。获得了0.1dB/交叉点的额外传输损耗和1.9dB/交叉点的额外反射损耗。还成功地证明了小于300 /spl mu/s的切换时间。对于32/spl乘以/32端口计数POMS内的最短路径和最长路径，预计总损耗值分别为2.4 dB和10.2 dB。
We have proposed the novel optical switch using the polymeric waveguide, which is expected to have several advantages, such as low insertion loss, high reliability, and low cost. The polymeric mechanical switch (POMS) takes advantage of flexibility of the polymeric waveguide, and switching operation is achieved controlling physical contact between the cores at the crosspoint. The excess transmission loss of 0.1 dB/crosspoint and the excess reflection loss of 1.9 dB/crosspoint are achieved. Also the switching time of less than 300 /spl mu/s is successfully demonstrated. The total loss values of 2.4 and 10.2 dB are expected for shortest and longest paths within the 32/spl times/32 port count POMS, respectively.