Title :
Electro-optic switch constructed with a poled silica-based waveguide on a Si substrate
Author :
Abe, M. ; Kitagawa, T. ; Hattori, K. ; Himeno, A. ; Ohmori, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
5/9/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
2×2 electro-optic switching is demonstrated in an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer constructed with thermally poled GeO2 -doped silica-based channel waveguides on a Si substrate
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; elemental semiconductors; germanium compounds; optical planar waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Si; Si-SiO2:GeO2; channel waveguides; electro-optic switch; planar lightwave circuits; poled silica-based waveguide; thermally poled waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960578