Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Engineering
School
School of Engineering and Mathematics
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Dr Daryoush Habibi
Second Supervisor
Professor Rafie Mavaddat
Abstract
The Intelligent Reconfigurable Optical Switch (IROS) is an N x N optical switch that uses two reflective Liquid Crystal (LC) Spatial Light Modulators (SLM} in a "Z" configuration to steer the incoming beams from the input ports to the designated output ports. Currently, the maximum steering capacity of practical SLM is limited to few degrees. For a dense optical switch, this makes the optical path between the input and output fiber ports relatively long. When a Gaussian beam is switched from an input fiber port to an output fiber port in a long free space interconnection topology, the beam's illumination undergoes significant divergence, which contributes to power loss and induces cross talk on the output ports. A possible method to minimize these problems is to design an optical system to collimate divergent beams.
Recommended Citation
Lo, K. (2002). Design and analysis of optical layouts for free space optical switching. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1645