An optical switch is an optical device with one or more optional transmission ports, whose function is to perform mutual conversion or logical operation on optical signals in optical transmission lines or integrated optical circuits.
Guangxi CORERAY Optical Communication Technology Co.,Ltd. is an enterprise specializing in the production of passive components for optical communication.The company is committed to the large-scale application of laser communication passive device manufacturing technology.
We mainly provide Mechanical Optical Switch, Solid State Optical Switch, Large Port Optical Switch, Small Optical Switch, Optical Switch, Optical Filter, Mems Optical Switch, etc.
The optical switch matrix is the core component of the optical network node equipment, which is responsible for the routing control of multi-channel signals. According to the principle and material, it can be divided into many categories. At present, the commercialization boom is mainly MEMS switches, which use electrostatic force to realize the deflection of micro lenses, and the switching time is generally in the order of milliseconds; there are also switches that use thermo-optic, acousto-optic and magneto-optic effects, and some products have been launched. And so on; semiconductor-based optical switches, which modulate the carrier concentration by current (electric field) injection or light injection, thereby modulating the refractive index of the material, realize switching, and the speed is on the order of nanoseconds, which can be applied to optical grouping Exchange (OPS).
According to the difference of manufacturing process and technology, optical switches can be divided into mechanical switches, MEMS switches, magneto-optical switches, etc. The first two switch types are the most widely used on the market today. In addition, thermo-optic switches, electro-optic switches, and acousto-optic switches are also used in some specific applications.
{keyword},MEMS optical switch is a micro-optical switch that made of the semiconductor material, which is generally used as movable micro-mirrors that can deflect optical signals from input to output fibers.
{keyword},While the widely use of micro-electro-mechanical systems (EMES) in some other industries is nothing new,
{keyword}, Mechanical switches are similar to optical switches, but they have a much longer history. The key difference from the optical switch is their activation method.