Title

Super High-Performance Mems Fiber Optic Variable Optical Attenuator (Voa) For Aerospace &Amp; Commercial Applications

Keywords

Digital Micro-Mirror Device (DMD™); Fiber-optics; Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA)

Abstract

Fiber-optic variable optical attenuators (VOAs) are required for light power control in numerous applications such as test and instrumentation, optical fiber telecommunications, industrial fiber-optic sensing, biomedical imaging and sensing, and photonic signal processing for antennas and radar systems. The requirements for the VOA, such as dynamic range and resolution, vary depending on the application. A VOA can demonstrate high end performance when it possesses critical attributes like super resolution precision and high dynamic range. Reported in this paper is the demonstration of a hybrid analog-digital fiber-optic VOA design that employs microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The VOA demonstrates simultaneously a super high controlled dynamic range of 81 dB as well as super 0.1 dB resolution attenuation controls. Proof-of-concept experiments exhibit an optical loss of 2.5 dB and C-band operations.

Publication Date

11-10-2005

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

5814

Number of Pages

159-165

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604919

Socpus ID

27544438683 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/27544438683

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