• DocumentCode
    1103465
  • Title

    Operation mechanism of electrooptic multimode X-switches

  • Author

    Neyer, Andreas

  • Author_Institution
    Lehrstuhl für Nachrichtentechnik, Hagen, West Germany
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    9/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    999
  • Lastpage
    1002
  • Abstract
    The operation mechanism of electrooptic multimode switches using crossing channel waveguides (X-switch) is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The light propagation through the X-structure as well as the switching behavior of the device is explained in terms of local normal modes. The theoretical model is confirmed by numerical calculations (BPM) and by experiments using Ti:LiNbO3multimode channel waveguides. The results indicate that the generally applied model of total internal reflection (TIR) is not suited to explain the low voltage operation of multimode X-switches.
  • Keywords
    Electrooptic switches; Arm; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical modulation; Optical planar waveguides; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Propagation constant; Waveguide theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1984.1072517
  • Filename
    1072517
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1103465