Optical switch (or fiber optic switch) can be a mechanical, opto-mechanical, or electronic device that opens or closes an optical circuit. The optical switch can be used to complete or break an optical path. Passive fiber optic switches will route an optical signal without electro-optical or opto-electrical conversion. However, a passive optical switch may use […]
Optical Switch
Optical Switch Tutorial from Fiberstore
What is an Optical Switch? Optical Switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits (IOCs) to be selectively switched from one circuit to another in telecommunication. Away from telecom, an optical switch is the unit that actually switches light between fibers, and a photonic switch is one that does this […]
All-optical Switch Introduction
The all-optical switch is the main element in the optical communication network. As the key to realize all optical network, it has a low pumping power, high switch efficiency, fast response time characteristics, so much attention in recent years has been paid. From the late 1980s to the present, many research groups have conducted in-depth […]
A new type of Optical Switch using a quantum dot
An optical switch developed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) spurs the mark integration of photonics and electronics. What, isn’t electronics adequate? Well, nothing travels faster than light, as well as in your time and effort to hurry in the processing andtransmission of knowledge, the combined use of photons along with electrons is desirable for […]
Brief Introduction to Optical Switch
The advent and development of fiber optic communication technology has brought a revolutionary change to the communications industry. Nowadays in the world, about 85% of communication services via optical fiber transmission, long haul network and local relay network has been widely using fiber optics. Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology development and maturation has opened […]