• DocumentCode
    1114546
  • Title

    Design of an integrated electro-optic switch in organic polymers

  • Author

    Kaczmarski, P. ; van de Capelle, J.P. ; Lagasse, P.E. ; Meynart, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagnetism & Acoustics Lab., Gent Univ., Belgium
  • Volume
    136
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    152
  • Lastpage
    158
  • Abstract
    A design of an integrated 2×2 directional-coupler switch for λ=1.3 μm in electro-optic polymers is presented. It is shown that the switch configuration with electro-optically induced waveguides is feasible in these materials. Both switching states of the proposed device are tunable. The parameters predicted are as follows: the polarisation voltage is lower than 10 V in both states, the coupling length is smaller than 1 mm, and the lowest on/off ratio is 26.4 dB
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; integrated optoelectronics; optical switches; optical waveguides; polymers; 1.3 micron; 10 V; directional-coupler switch; electro-optic polymers; electro-optically induced waveguides; integrated electro-optic switch; organic polymers; polarisation voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0267-3932
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    29571