Low power 2×2 thermo-optic polymer waveguide switch

Lei Gao; Yunfei Yan; Xiaoqiang Sun; Caiping Kang; Jie Sun; Fei Wang; Da-Ming Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.3269684

1 December 2009 Low power 2×2 thermo-optic polymer waveguide switch

Lei Gao, Yunfei Yan, Xiaoqiang Sun, Caiping Kang, Jie Sun, Fei Wang, Da-Ming Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 48, Issue 12, 124601 (December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3269684

Abstract

A low-power 2×2 multimode interference-Mach Zehnder interferometer thermo-optic switch is proposed and fabricated using a cross-linkable negative photoresist as core material. The waveguide can be easily fabricated by direct ultraviolet photolithography and wet etching processes. The experiment results show that the switch has a low switching power of 6.9 mW and a switching time of 0.4 ms.

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Lei Gao, Yunfei Yan, Xiaoqiang Sun, Caiping Kang, Jie Sun, Fei Wang, and Da-Ming Zhang "Low power 2×2 thermo-optic polymer waveguide switch," Optical Engineering 48(12), 124601 (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3269684

Published: 1 December 2009

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