A novel high-speed magneto-optic switch design and analysis

Yun Zhu; Zihua Weng; Yuanqing Huang; Zhimin Chen

doi:10.1117/12.668191

20 January 2006 A novel high-speed magneto-optic switch design and analysis

Yun Zhu, Zihua Weng, Yuanqing Huang, Zhimin Chen

Proceedings Volume 6027, ICO20: Optical Information Processing; 602720 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668191
Event: ICO20:Optical Devices and Instruments, 2005, Changchun, China

Abstract

A novel type of 2×2 polarization independent magneto-optic switch with low Insertion Loss, nanosecond order switching time is designed and analyzed. The study of the magneto-optic switch involves two main parts: Faraday rotator assembly and optical route design. In faraday rotator design, magneto-optic crystal comparison and selection, two types of Faraday rotator assembly schemes design and analysis; high speed magnetic field simulation and generation; nanosecond trigger signal generator design, simulation and experiment are involved. Within optical router design, a simple but effective optical router with 2×2 mode is introduced. The nanosecond trigger signal supply to the Faraday rotator assembly is 12ns. The key characteristics, insertion loss, far-end crosstalk, switching time of magneto-optic switch that developed at a wavelength of 1550nm have been tested and root causes analyzed.

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Yun Zhu, Zihua Weng, Yuanqing Huang, and Zhimin Chen "A novel high-speed magneto-optic switch design and analysis", Proc. SPIE 6027, ICO20: Optical Information Processing, 602720 (20 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668191

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