Abstract
Conceptual design and numerical simulation of two polarization dependent planar optical switches based on the electro-optic effect in ferroelectrics operating at 1.55 μm wavelength are presented. The first design is a 3×3 optical switch based entirely on electro-optic beam steering (prism) elements and ion-exchanged lenses for collimation. The second design is a 1×N optical switch based on a combination of electro-optic beam steering and electro-optic focusing (lens) elements. The scalability of this device has been improved by compensating the in-plane divergence of the laser. Analytical expressions for the dependence of scalability are presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 052912 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)