Fiber Switches
- Shortest ms-switching times
- Minimal losses
- Long-term stability
- Switching cycles >10⁹
- Wavelength-independent switching
- UV-IR: <230 nm - 2600 nm
- Fiber Ø: 50 µm - 600 µm
- Low power consumption
- Customized connector types & interfaces
Piezo-electric driven switches are especially designed for high switching speeds in the millisecond range. Piezo-electric actuators enable the optical switch to couple optical fibers with an accuracy of few micro.
The high accuracy positioning of the actuators guarantees a light transmission of >80%, with a typical switching time of <1 ms. Other fiber switches with optical components such as lenses or prisms will always result in a wavelength-dependent limitation.
The small size of the switching box and the easy control make these fiber optic switches ideally suited for use as components of spectrometers or other metrology devices. Switches with many more output channels can be easily achieved by cascading fiber switch modules.
4 Example Products | UNIT | F-102-04 | F-102-05 | F-142-03 | F-162-13 |
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Input Fiber # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Output Fiber # | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Fiber Core Diameter | μm | 50, 62.5, 100 | 200 | 400 | 600 |
Switching Time (Typical) | ms | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Cross Talk (Typical) | dB | -65 | -60 | -55 | 50 |
Insertion Loss* (Typical) | dB | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Lifetime (Typical) | cycles | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ |
4 Example Products | UNIT | F-103-05 | F-104-03 | F-106-05 | F-109-03 |
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Input Fiber # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Output Fiber # | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
Fiber Core Diameter | μm | 50, 62.5, 100 | 200 | 50, 62.5, 100 | 200 |
Switching Time (Typical) | ms | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Cross Talk (Typical) | dB | -65 | -60 | -60 | -60 |
Insertion Loss* (Typical) | dB | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Lifetime (Typical) | cycles | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ |
4 Example Products | UNIT | F-143-10 | F-164-10 | F-146-10 | F-169-10 |
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Input Fiber # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Output Fiber # | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
Fiber Core Diameter | μm | 400 | 600 | 400 | 600 |
Switching Time (Typical) | ms | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Cross Talk (Typical) | dB | -60 | -60 | -63 | -60 |
Insertion Loss* (Typical) | dB | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Lifetime (Typical) | cycles | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ | 10⁹ |