Title :
Silica-based PLC 1×128 thermo-optic switch
Author :
Watanabe, Toshio ; Goh, Takashi ; Okuno, Masayuki ; Sohma, Shun´ichi ; Shibata, Tomohiro ; Itoh, Mikitaka ; Kobayashi, Masaru ; Ishii, Motohaya ; Sugita, Akio ; Hibino, Yoshinori
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We successfully fabricated a silica-based 1×128 thermo-optic switch (TOSW) with an insertion loss of 4 dB and an extinction ratio of 40 dB using planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. This TOSW is promising for realizing a large-scale optical switch system.
Keywords :
optical planar waveguides; optical switches; thermo-optical effects; SiO; extinction ratio; insertion loss; optical switch; planar lightwave circuit technology; silica; solid-state waveguide; thermo-optic switch; Extinction ratio; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Programmable control; Switching circuits; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.988853
