2001
Conference Paper
Title

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.
Author(s)
Yao, H.H.
Keil, N.
Zawadzki, C.
Lösch, K.
Satzke, K.
Wischmann, W.
Wirth, J. van
Bauer, J.
Bauer, M.
Schneider, J.
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Language
English
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