DocumentCode
3380714
Title
Characterization of Latching 2Ã\x972 Optical Switch with Movable Polymer Waveguide
Author
Liu, Hao-Bing ; Chollet, Franck
Author_Institution
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fYear
2007
fDate
10-14 June 2007
Firstpage
2139
Lastpage
2142
Abstract
We describe a novel type of optical switch based on moving waveguide. The switch is based on independently optimized latching silicon actuator and soft polymer waveguides. The actuator switching speed is measured below 0.5 ms. The coupling, bending and intersection loss of the waveguide are measured and we estimate the total insertion loss of the switch to be below 3 dB.
Keywords
flip-flops; optical switches; optical waveguides; polymers; silicon; actuator switching speed; intersection loss; movable polymer waveguide; optical switch; optimized latching; silicon actuator; Actuators; Micromechanical devices; Optical bistability; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Springs; MEMS; latching; optical switch; polymer; waveguide;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International
Conference_Location
Lyon
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0842-3
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0842-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300589
Filename
4300589
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