Low optical interchannel crosstalk, fast switching speed, polarisation independent 2 x 2 fibre optic switch using ferroelectric liquid crystals

    Authors

    N. A. Riza;S. Yuan

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Electron. Lett.

    Keywords

    Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

    Abstract

    A novel < -34.13dB optical interchannel crosstalk, 35.3 mu s switching speed, polarisation independent, reversible 2 x 2 fibre optic switch is demonstrated using four ferroelectric liquid crystal 90 degrees polarisation rotators sandwiched between cube polarisation beam splitters and combiners that also act as crosstalk rejection filters. Applications of the switch include multiwavelength add-drop routing.

    Journal Title

    Electronics Letters

    Volume

    34

    Issue/Number

    13

    Publication Date

    1-1-1998

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1341

    Last Page

    1342

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000074957600048

    ISSN

    0013-5194

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