Title :
Low power consumption thermooptic switch using polymers
Author :
Supa´at, A. S M ; Mohammad, A.B. ; Kassim, N.M. ; Idrus, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Darul Takzim
Abstract :
Thermooptic 2times2 switches utilizing polymer technology is reported. The devices made of ultraviolet curable fluorinated polymer are based on directional coupler. The waveguide is a rectangular buried channel type with 7times7 mum and the effective index difference of the channel waveguide is about 0.5% for single mode operations. The crosstalk of the switching state is more than 36 dB. The fabricated switch exhibits very low switching power of 32.4 mW
Keywords :
optical directional couplers; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre networks; optical polymers; optical switches; thermo-optical devices; 32.4 mW; channel waveguide; low power consumption thermooptic switch; polymer technology; ultraviolet curable fluorinated polymer; Communication switching; Directional couplers; Electrodes; Energy consumption; Heating; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Propagation constant; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics, 2005. APACE 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Johor
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9431-3
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2005.1607836
