Polymer waveguide thermooptic switch with low electric power consumption at 1.3 mu m

Author

Hida, Yasuhiro ; Onose, Hidekatsu ; Imamura, Saburo

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

5

Issue

7

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

782

Lastpage

784

Abstract

A polymer waveguide thermooptic 2*2 switch with low electric power consumption is demonstrated. The switch consists of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with Cr thin-film heaters. The waveguides are fabricated using acrylic polymers synthesized from deuterated methacrylate and deuterated fluoromethacrylate monomers. The total insertion loss of the switch is 0.6 dB at a wavelength of 1.3 mu m, including fiber coupling losses and waveguide losses. The switching power is as low as 4.8 mW, and the rise and fall times are both 9 ms.<>

Keywords

integrated optics; light interferometers; optical losses; optical polymers; optical switches; optical waveguides; thermo-optical effects; 0.6 dB; 1.3 micron; 2*2 switch; 4.8 mW; 9 ms; Cr; Cr thin-film heaters; IR; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; acrylic polymers; deuterated fluoromethacrylate monomers; deuterated methacrylate; fall times; fiber coupling losses; low electric power consumption; polymer waveguide thermooptic; rise times; switching power; total insertion loss; waveguide losses; Optical fiber losses; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Polymer films; Substrates; Switches; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.229805

Filename

229805