Beam-steering micromirrors for large optical cross-connects
Journal Article
This paper describes Si-micromachined two-axis beam-steering micromirrors and their performance in 256 × 256-and 1024 × 1024-port large optical cross-connects (OXCs). The high-reflectivity wavelength-independent mirrors are electrostatically actuated; capable of large, continuous, controlled, dc tilt in any direction at moderate actuation voltages; and allow setting times of a few milliseconds. Packaged two-dimensional (2-D) arrays containing independently addressable identical 256 and 1296 mirrors are used to build fully functional bitrate and wavelength-independent single-stage, low-insertion-loss, single-mode fiber OCX fabrics.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Aksyuk, VA; Pardo, F; Carr, D; Greywall, D; Chan, HB; Simon, ME; Gasparyan, A; Shea, H; Lifton, V; Bolle, C; Arney, S; Frahm, R; Paczkowski, M; Haueis, M; Ryf, R; Neilson, DT; Kim, J; Giles, CR; Bishop, D
Published Date
- 2003
Published In
- Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume / Issue
- 21 / 3
Start / End Page
- 634 - 642
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1109/JLT.2003.811792