1/spl times/4 thermo-optic switch based on the 4-branch waveguide

Author

Hyun-Chae Song ; Sang-Yung Shin ; Woo-Hyuk Jang ; Tae Hyung Rhee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

262

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate a 1/spl times/4 thermo-optic switch based on the 4-branch waveguide. The proposed structure has one beam separator and two beam expanders in the branch region of a 4-branch waveguide and four electrodes as heaters on the top of each branch. The operation of this device is based on adiabatic mode evolution in branch waveguides with a small angle of separation. The integration of this 4-branch switch as a unit cell offers advantages in realizing matrix switches with many output ports.

Keywords

integrated optics; optical crosstalk; optical switches; optical waveguide components; thermo-optical effects; 1/spl times/4 thermo-optic switch; 4-branch waveguide; adiabatic mode evolution; beam expanders; beam separator; crosstalk; heater electrodes; matrix switches; small angle of separation; switch integration; unit cell; Crosstalk; Electrodes; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Particle separators; Telecommunication switching; Temperature; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811404

Filename

811404