DocumentCode
3429787
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
fYear
2005
fDate
20-21 Dec. 2005
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Applied Electromagnetics, 2005. APACE 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location
Johor
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9431-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APACE.2005.1607836
Filename
1607836
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