Polymer-based 1 × 6 thermooptic switch incorporating an elliptic TIR waveguide mirror

Author

Jang, Chiou-Hung ; Chen, Ray T.

Author_Institution

Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

Volume

21

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1053

Lastpage

1058

Abstract

A polymeric 1 × 6 thermooptic switch is fabricated and demonstrated. The device utilizes an elliptic total internal reflection waveguide mirror imaging the input channel waveguide onto the first output channel waveguide and a prism-array heating electrode steering the beam to corresponding output channel waveguides. At 1310 nm, 1 × 6 switching was demonstrated; the extinction ratios and crosstalks were found to be >20 and -20 dB, respectively. Switching time as low as 4 ms was observed. The device offers the advantage of a single-electrode driving scheme for 1×N(N>2) switching.

Keywords

beam steering; electrodes; extinction coefficients; integrated optics; light reflection; mirrors; optical arrays; optical crosstalk; optical polymers; optical prisms; optical switches; optical waveguide components; thermo-optical devices; 1310 nm; 4 ms; beam steering; crosstalks; elliptic TIR waveguide mirror; elliptic total internal reflection waveguide mirror; extinction ratios; first output channel waveguide; input channel waveguide imaging; output channel waveguides; polymer-based 1 by 6 thermooptic switch; prism-array heating electrode; single-electrode driving scheme; switching time; thermooptic prism array electrode; Communication switching; Electrodes; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Polymers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.810089

Filename

1207356