Today new products - Optical Switch

Aug. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- Optical Switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits to be selectively switched from one circuit to another. It is mainly used in Optical Add /Drop, Optical Cross Connection System, and Optical fiber ring protection.

Our optical Switches are base on Opto-Mechanical Technology with Proven reliability and available as 1x1, 1x2, 2x2 Non-Latching, Latching, Single-mode, Multimode optical Switch. http://www.fiberstore.com/optical-switch-c1_628

Optical switch may operate by mechanical means, such as physically shifting an optical fiber to drive one or more alternative fibers, or by electro-optic effects, magneto-optic effects, or other methods. Commercially available optical switches, either in MEMS or in mechanical, types have a standard switching speed of 2 ms or 5 ms.

Opto-mechanical switches are the oldest type of optical switch and the most widely deployed at the time. These devices achieve switching by moving fiber or other bulk optic elements by means of stepper motors or relay arms. This causes them to be relatively slow with switching times in the 10-100 ms range. They can achieve excellent reliability, insertion loss, and crosstalk. Usually, opto-mechanical optical switches collimate the optical beam from each input and output fiber and move these collimated beams around inside the device. This allows for low optical loss, and allows distance between the input and output fiber without deleterious effects. These devices have more bulk compared to other alternatives, although new micro-mechanical devices overcome this.

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