Optical Switching Cell Based On Metamaterials And Ferrite Films

A principally new switching cell with four inputs and four outputs based on metamaterial and optically transparent ferrite films for processing a large amount of information is proposed in this work. The cell uses the spatial diversity of the information beams under action of the control magnetic field. The principle of the cell's operation is described; calculations of the spatial deviation of the beam and the reflection coefficients of the structure are carried out.