Analysis of optical route in a micro high-speed magneto-optic switch

Zihua Weng; Guoguang Yang; Yuanqing Huang; Zhimin Chen; Yun Zhu; Jinming Wu; Shufen Lin; Weiping Mo

doi:10.1117/12.569766

11 February 2005 Analysis of optical route in a micro high-speed magneto-optic switch

Zihua Weng, Guoguang Yang, Yuanqing Huang, Zhimin Chen, Yun Zhu, Jinming Wu, Shufen Lin, Weiping Mo

Proceedings Volume 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.569766
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

A novel micro high-speed 2x2 magneto-optic switch and its optical route, which is used in high-speed all-optical communication network, is designed and analyzed in this paper. The study of micro high-speed magneto-optic switch mainly involves the optical route and high-speed control technique design. The optical route design covers optical route design of polarization in optical switch, the performance analysis and material selection of magneto-optic crystal and magnetic path design in Faraday rotator. The research of high-speed control technique involves the study of nanosecond pulse generator, high-speed magnetic field and its control technique etc. High-speed current transients from nanosecond pulse generator are used to switch the magnetization of the magneto-optic crystal, which propagates a 1550nm optical beam. The optical route design schemes and electronic circuits of high-speed control technique are both simulated on computer and test by the experiments respectively. The experiment results state that the nanosecond pulse generator can output the pulse with rising edge time 3~35ns, voltage amplitude 10~90V and pulse width 10~100ns. Under the control of CPU singlechip, the optical beam can be stably switched and the switching time is less than 1μs currently.

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Zihua Weng, Guoguang Yang, Yuanqing Huang, Zhimin Chen, Yun Zhu, Jinming Wu, Shufen Lin, and Weiping Mo "Analysis of optical route in a micro high-speed magneto-optic switch", Proc. SPIE 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II, (11 February 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.569766

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