Open AccessRealization of optical perfect shuffle with microoptical array element
Author(s) -
Peng Xu,
Haixuan Huang,
Kai Wang,
Shuangchen Ruan,
Jing Yang,
Lili Wan,
Xiangxian Chen,
Jiayong Liu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.000809
Subject(s) - realization (probability) , photolithography , computer science , cascade , element (criminal law) , optical computing , interconnection , process (computing) , transformation (genetics) , optics , channel (broadcasting) , photonics , electronic engineering , telecommunications , physics , engineering , mathematics , statistics , chemical engineering , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , operating system
A new method to realize the optical perfect shuffle (PS) with a microoptical array element is presented in this paper. The whole process is simulated by computer, and parameters of the structure to fabricate the experimental component are given. The microoptical array element has been fabricated by introducing very large scale integration (VLSI), stepping photolithography and reactive iron etching (RIE), which can realize 8-channel PS transformation. Experiments, tests and analysis have been done using the array element. The experimental results show that the method proposed in this paper agrees well with theoretical expectation. This success of the experiment lays a good foundation for us to do further research on realization of optical switching and communication through cascade multilevel PS interconnection.