Title :
Very Low-Power, Polarization-Independent, and High-Speed Polymer Thermooptic Switch
Author :
Xie, Nan ; Hashimoto, Takafumi ; Utaka, Katsuyuki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This letter demonstrates the design and experimental verification of a very low-power consuming, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder 2 ?? 2 photonic switch. This thermooptic switch operated with less than 4 mW of power consumption via a small-area heater. This device is, to the author´s best knowledge, the most efficient and practical polymer photonic switch operating with polarization independence and low crosstalk of less than -25 dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical polymers; optical switches; power consumption; thermo-optical devices; Mach-Zehnder photonic switch; crosstalk; high-speed polymer thermooptic switch; low-power polymer thermooptic switch; polarization-independent polymer thermooptic switch; power consumption; Optical phase shifters; optical polymers; optical switches; photonic switching systems; thermooptic (TO) effects;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2034131
