Cost-effective optical switch matrix for microwave phased array

Jing-Jong Pan; Seung Lam Chau; Wei-Zhong Li; Charles H. Grove

doi:10.1117/12.45568

1 August 1991 Cost-effective optical switch matrix for microwave phased array

Jing-Jong Pan, Seung Lam Chau, Wei-Zhong Li, Charles H. Grove

Proceedings Volume 1476, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications V; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45568
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

An all-fiber (6x6) optical shutter switch matrix with the control system for microwave phased array has been demonstrated. The device offers the advantages of integrated configuration, low cost, low power consumption, small size, and light weight. The maximum extinction ratio (among 36 individual pixel) of this switch matrix at 840 nm is 24.2 dB, and the switching time is less than 120 microsec. In addition to phased array application, this low cost switch matrix is extremely attractive for fiber optic switching networks.

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Jing-Jong Pan, Seung Lam Chau, Wei-Zhong Li, and Charles H. Grove "Cost-effective optical switch matrix for microwave phased array", Proc. SPIE 1476, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications V, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45568

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