Chapter 2 Theory of Operation
Switch Operation
The following table describes the optical switch function.
Path A Optical Power >
ThresholdA (default)
Path B Optical Power >
Threshold B [1]
Path A Optical Power <
ThresholdA (default)
Path B Optical Power >
Threshold B [1]
Loss of Input
Light at Path A
Switch to Path B
Optical Power
Path B Optical Power >
Threshold B [1]
Path B Optical Power <
Threshold B [1]
Loss of Input
Light at Path B
Path A Optical Power <
ThresholdA (default)
Path B Optical Power <
Threshold B [1]
Switch to Path A
Optical Power
Path B Optical Power >
ThresholdB (User Setting)
Path A Optical Power >
ThresholdA [1]
Path B Optical Power <
ThresholdB (User Setting)
Path A Optical Power >
ThresholdA [1]
Loss of Input
Light at Path B
Switch to Path A
Optical Power
Path B Optical Power >
ThresholdB (User Setting)
Path A Optical Power <
ThresholdA [1]
Loss of Input
Light at Path A
Path B Optical Power <
ThresholdB (User Setting)
Path A Optical Power <
ThresholdA [1]
Switch to Path B
Optical Power
[1] Hysteresis Amplitude (default 1.0 dB) is the value above which the input optical
power must rise for the switch to begin sequence to return to the primary switch
position. Hysteresis Amplitude is a user configurable parameter.
Configurable Parameters
The following table defines the configurable parameters for the optical switch.
Switching threshold,
input optical power
at input B