All-optical switch

Abstract

The invention relates to an all-optical switch of a photoelectric device, which is used for solving the problem that an optical passive device has slow response in an optical add-drop multiplexing system and an optical cross connection system of an all-optical high-speed network or cannot work normally at the room temperature. The all-optical switch comprises a multi-quantum dot layer semiconductor optical element of a Bragg structure positioned on a base platform, a control light fiber collimator, a polarizer, a signal light fiber collimator and an analyzer, wherein the multi-quantum dot layer optical element consists of N Bragg-structural composite layers extended and grown from a substrate; and each composite layer consists of a quantum dot layer and a barrier layer. The all-optical switch has the advantages of capability of realizing ultra-fast switching actions, relatively greater switching contrast, relatively lower insertion loss, low saturated pumping efficiency, switching response wavelength in an optical communication waveband, room temperature response characteristic, reliable performance and long service life, can be applied to the optical add-drop multiplexing system and the optical cross connection system and also can directly realize the transmission and routing of heavy traffic of signals in an optical layer.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to an optoelectronic device, and in particular relates to an all-optical control optical switch, which is applied to an optical branch multiplexing (OADM) system and an optical cross-connection (OXC) system, and solves the all-optical switch control and optical switch of an ultra-high-speed all-optical network issues such as switching. Background technique [0002] At present, according to different switching principles, optical switches can be divided into mechanical optical switches, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) optical switches, thermo-optical switches, liquid crystal optical switches, etc. The highest switching rate of these optical switches is in the order of ms. Among them, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) optical switches are widely used in various backbone network and large-scale switching network solutions due to their advantages such as high integration, low loss, low crosstalk and high extinction ratio. ...

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[0006] The invention provides an all-optical control optical switch, which solves the problems of insufficient response speed and limited operating temperature of existing optical passive devices, so as to directly realize the transmission and routing of huge flow signals at the optical layer, and can realize high-speed switching at room temperature. switch work

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