Deformable grating light modulator array for use as wavelength-selective switch

Araya Pothisorn; Alex J. Hariz

doi:10.1117/12.713746

20 December 2006 Deformable grating light modulator array for use as wavelength-selective switch

Araya Pothisorn, Alex J. Hariz

Proceedings Volume 6415, Micro- and Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems III; 64151N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.713746
Event: SPIE Smart Materials, Nano- and Micro-Smart Systems, 2006, Adelaide, Australia

Abstract

Deformable grating light modulator (GLM) also known as grating light valve (GLV) is a Micro-Opto-Electro Mechanical System (MOEMS) grating which is originally presented as a deformable grating optical modulator by Solgaard in 1992¹. Since then it has been developed for uses in various applications such as in display technology, graphic printing, lithography and optical communications^{2, 3}. We are proposing the use of deformable grating light modulators as dispersive element to de-multiplex optical input signals in a wavelength selective switching system which is originally presented by Mechels and Muller (2003) as a 1D MEMS-based wavelength switching system⁴. In this paper, we discuss the performance of the grating system in various geometries and designs supported with numerical simulations.

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Araya Pothisorn and Alex J. Hariz "Deformable grating light modulator array for use as wavelength-selective switch", Proc. SPIE 6415, Micro- and Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems III, 64151N (20 December 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.713746

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