• DocumentCode
    1131145
  • Title

    Very Low Power Operation of Compact MMI Polymer Thermooptic Switch

  • Author

    Xie, Nan ; Hashimoto, Takafumi ; Utaka, Katsuyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1335
  • Lastpage
    1337
  • Abstract
    This letter demonstrates a compact, very low power consumption, and low crosstalk multimode interference coupler-based polymer thermooptic photonic switch. The fabricated thin-film small-area heater confirmed the simulation results with operating power consumption as low as 8.9 mW. The switching crosstalk obtained was less than - 23 dB.
  • Keywords
    optical crosstalk; optical polymers; optical switches; photonic switching systems; thermo-optical devices; compact MMI polymer thermooptic switch; power consumption; switching crosstalk; thin film small-area heater; very low power operation; Optical phase shifters; optical polymers; optical switches; photonic switching systems; thermooptic effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2025967
  • Filename
    5161315
    • Link To Document
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