Switching speed of integrated acoustically-tunable optical filter

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A 6 μs switching time has been measured for a 2.2 nm bandpass integrated acousto-optic filter operating at 1550nm, requiring only 15mW of RF power per wavelength channel and capable of operation a s a 1 × 1, 1 × 2 o r 2 × 2 wavelength switch with simultaneous and independent control of numerous wavelength channels.

Inspec keywords: band-pass filters; acousto-optical devices; tuning; optical switches; optical communication equipment; optical filters; integrated optics

Other keywords: acoustically-tunable optical filter; 6 mus; wavelength switch; integrated bandpass filters; 15 mW; switching time; 1550 nm; switching speed

Subjects: Integrated optics; Optical communication; Optical coatings and filters; Acousto-optical devices

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