Crosstalk-minimized polymeric 2×2 thermooptic switch

Author

Wang, Xiaolong ; Howley, Brie ; Chen, Maggie Y. ; Chen, Ray

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

18

Abstract

A thermooptic 2×2 switch based on the total internal reflection effect is demonstrated. The device, made of ultraviolet curable fluorinated polymer, has an increased half-branch angle of 5°. The purpose of a large half-branch angle is to overcome the volume relaxation phenomenon, which is an intrinsic characteristic of polymers. The device successfully decreases the crosstalk below -40 dB in both the cross and bar states. The fabricated device has a power consumption of only 66 mW in the bar state.

Keywords

integrated optics; light reflection; optical crosstalk; optical polymers; optical switches; thermo-optical devices; 2×2 thermooptic switch; 66 mW; bar state; cross state; crosstalk-minimized switch; curable polymer; fluorinated polymer; half-branch angle; polymeric switch; total internal reflection effect; ultraviolet polymer; volume relaxation phenomenon; Optical crosstalk; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Refractive index; Temperature; Volume relaxation; Optical switches; thermooptic effect; total internal reflection effect; volume relaxation phenomenon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.860035

Filename

1546022