DocumentCode
2018495
Title
Modelling of polymer thermo-optic switch with tapered input for optical backplane
Author
Rashed, Atef M. ; Papakonstantinou, Ioannis ; Selviah, David R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2004
Firstpage
457
Abstract
A 1×2 thermo-optic switch with tapered input waveguide is modelled using FD-BPM. The tapered section provides greater tolerance for source lateral misalignment. The output power with respect to heating power and source misalignment is investigated.
Keywords
integrated optoelectronics; optical backplanes; optical polymers; optical switches; optical waveguides; thermo-optical devices; FD-BPM; optical backplane; polymer switch; source lateral misalignment; tapered input waveguide; thermooptic switch; Backplanes; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8557-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363310
Filename
1363310
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