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2001
Conference Paper
Titel
Integrated thermo-optic switches in silica/polymer waveguide technology
Abstract
Thermo-optic 1*2 vertical coupler switches (VCSs) using a hybrid polymer/silica integration technology were designed using a finite element method and a coupled mode method for different refractive index contrasts. The multilayer structures were optimized by thermal analysis. Based on this design and simulation, hybrid polymer/silica thermo-optic 1*2 VSCs exhibiting low insertion loss, low crosstalk, low switching power, and polarization independence were demonstrated. Using this 1*2 VCS as the building block, a 1*8 VCS has been implemented.
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coupled mode analysis
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finite element analysis
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integrated optics
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optical crosstalk
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optical losses
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optical multilayers
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optical polymers
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optical switches
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refractive index
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silicon compounds
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thermal analysis
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thermo-optical effects
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integrated thermo-optic switches
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silica/polymer waveguide technology
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thermo-optic 1 by 2 vertical coupler switches
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hybrid polymer/silica integration technology
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finite element method
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coupled mode method
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different refractive index contrasts
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multilayer structures
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design
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simulation
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low insertion loss
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low crosstalk
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low switching power
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polarization independence
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1 by 8 vcs
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fibre-optic communications
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