Fiber-coupled variable attenuator using a MARS modulator

被引:8
作者
Ford, JE
Walker, JA
Goossen, KW
机构
来源
MICROELECTRONIC STRUCTURES AND MEMS FOR OPTICAL PROCESSING III | 1997年 / 3226卷
关键词
fiber optics; micromechanical devices; optical packaging; variable attenuators;
D O I
10.1117/12.284576
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Opto-mechanical fibre-optic attenuators are bulky and slow. The MARS (mechanical anti-reflection switch) modulator offers a high-speed alternative, with <10 microsecond response and 30 dB analog dynamic range. This talk describes a compact low-loss package with separate input and output fibers held in a single ceramic ferrule, a tiny (0.5 x 1 mm) gradient index lens, and a reflective MARS modulator in the collimated beam plane. This component has applications in telecommunications for line build out and dynamic amplifier gain control.
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页码:86 / 93
页数:2
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