Polymeric 2 x 2 electrooptic switch consisting of asymmetric Y junctions and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Author

Wol-Yon Hwang ; Min-Cheol Oh ; Hyang-Mok Lee ; Heuk Park ; Jang-Joo Kim

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejeon, South Korea

Volume

9

Issue

6

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

761

Lastpage

763

Abstract

2×2 electrooptic switches consisting of a pair of asymmetric Y junctions and Mach-Zehnder interferometer have been demonstrated in polymeric waveguides. The switching voltage is 15 V with 1.5 cm long electrode for TM polarized light at 1.3 μm. When the branching angle of the asymmetric Y junction is 0.2/spl deg/, crosstalk of -27 to -22 dB are obtained for both input arms. The measured insertion loss by the lens coupling is about 9-10 dB.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical crosstalk; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; 1.3 mum; 15 V; 15 cm; 2 by 2 switch; 9 to 10 dB; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; TM polarized light; asymmetric Y junctions; branching angle; crosstalk; electrode; input arms; insertion loss; lens coupling; polymeric 2/spl times/2 electrooptic switch; polymeric waveguides; switching voltage; Arm; Crosstalk; Electrodes; Electrooptical waveguides; Loss measurement; Optical polarization; Polymers; Switches; Voltage; Waveguide junctions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.584982

Filename

584982