Title :
Polymer thermooptic switch for C-band based on multimode interference Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Kuang, Chong Siew ; Shaari, Sahbudin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Micro Eng. & Nanoelectron. (IMEN), Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper presents thermooptic switch based on multimode interference Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The design of Mach-Zehnder interferometer is verified by using beam propagation method. The switch has 0.99 dB of insertion loss, 38.15 dB of crosstalk and 0.02 dB of polarization dependent loss at cross state; 0.99 dB of insertion loss, 29.92 dB of crosstalk and 0.01 dB of polarization dependent loss at bar state. The extinction ratio of the switch is 38.15 dB on path 1 and 29.92 dB on path 2.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; crosstalk; light interference; light polarisation; microwave switches; optical switches; polymers; thermo-optical devices; 0.02 dB; 0.99 dB; C band region; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; beam propagation method; insertion loss; multimode interference; polarization dependent loss; polymer thermooptic switch; Interference; Optical crosstalk; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Electronics, 2004. ICSE 2004. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8658-2
DOI :
10.1109/SMELEC.2004.1620927
