Optical switches : materials and design / edited by Baojun Li and Soo Jin Chua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li B., author.

Contributor:

Li, Baojun.

Chua, Soo-Jin.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Switching circuits--Design and construction.

Switching circuits.

Optical detectors.

Optical fibers.

Semiconductor lasers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Optical communication using optical fibres as the transmission medium is essential to handling the massive growth of both telecom and datacom traffic. To fully realize the potential bandwidth available on these optical fibres, other components of the optical network system have to be developed, ranging from detectors and multiplexers to buffers and switches. This book addresses the different technologies which can be applied to switching optical signals.An optical switch functions by selectively switching an optical signal delivered through an optical fibre or in an integrated optical circuit

Contents:

Cover ; Optical switches: Materials and design; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; 1Introduction to optical switches; 2Electro-optical switches; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Theory and principles of electro-optical switches; 2.3 Materials and fabrication of electro-optical switches; 2.4 Device structures of electro-optical switches; 2.5 Performance and challenges; 2.6 References; 3Thermo-optical switches; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theory and principles of thermo-optic effect; 3.3 Materials for thermo-optical switches; 3.4 Device structures of thermo-optical switches; 3.5 Conclusions

3.6 List of abbreviations3.7 List of symbols; 3.8 References; 4Magneto-optical switches; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 History of optical communication; 4.3 All-optical switches; 4.4 Magneto-optical switches; 4.5 Theory and principles of magneto-optical switches; 4.6 Material; 4.7 Characterization of Faraday rotation; 4.8 Summary; 4.9 Appendices; 4.10 References; 5MEMS-based optical switches; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Optical systems; 5.3 Optical switch architectures; 5.4 Actuating principles of MEMS-based optical switches; 5.5 Materials and fabrication of MEMS-based optical switches

5.6 Challenges surrounding MEMS-based optical switches5.7 Conclusions; 5.8 List of abbreviations; 5.9 References; 6SOA-based optical switches; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 SOA-based switching strategy; 6.3 SOA structure; 6.4 SOA design criteria; 6.5 Summary; 6.6 References; 7Switching based on optical nonlinear effects; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Nonlinear effects for optical switches; 7.3 Nonlinear devices for optical switches; 7.4 Structure of nonlinear-effect-based optical switches; 7.5 The 'ideal' nonlinear-effect-based optical switch?; 7.6 References; 8Liquid crystal optical switches

8.1 Introduction8.2 Liquid crystal theory and principles; 8.3 Liquid crystal switches and applications; 8.4 Future trends; 8.5 Acknowledgments; 8.6 References; 9Photonic crystal all-optical switches; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Theory and principles of photonic crystal all-optical switches; 9.3 Design and fabrication of advanced 2DPC waveguide for PC-SMZ; 9.4 Growth and characterization of optical QDs for PC-FF; 9.5 Device structures and performances of photonic crystal all-optical switches; 9.6 Conclusion; 9.7 Acknowledgments; 9.8 References

10Fiber, holographic, quantum optical and other types of optical switches10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Fiber switches; 10.3 Holographic switches; 10.4 Quantum optical switches; 10.5 Other switches; 10.6 References; 11 Summary: key trends in optical switches; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 18, 2013).

ISBN:

9780857090416

0857090410

9781613443668

1613443668

OCLC:

866442403