TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarization-independent and colorless switching operation of three-dimensional 4 - 4 polymer optical switch with two-layered waveguide structure
AU - Kimura, Yuichi
AU - Kobayashi, Hisaya
AU - Ema, Kensho
AU - Matsushima, Yuichi
AU - Ishikawa, Hiroshi
AU - Utaka, Katsuyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgement This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - We fabricated a three-dimensional (3D) 4-4 polymer optical interconnection switch with a two-layered waveguide structure equipped with four Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switches (MZ-OSs), two vertical directional couplers (VDCs), and a multimode interferometer (MMI) coupler. The experimental result for the device shows polarization-independent and colorless switching operation by the thermo-optic (TO) effect in the 1550-nm-wavelength range with a switching power of about 18 mW.
AB - We fabricated a three-dimensional (3D) 4-4 polymer optical interconnection switch with a two-layered waveguide structure equipped with four Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switches (MZ-OSs), two vertical directional couplers (VDCs), and a multimode interferometer (MMI) coupler. The experimental result for the device shows polarization-independent and colorless switching operation by the thermo-optic (TO) effect in the 1550-nm-wavelength range with a switching power of about 18 mW.
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U2 - 10.7567/JJAP.56.120304
DO - 10.7567/JJAP.56.120304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039171036
SN - 0021-4922
VL - 56
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
IS - 12
M1 - 120304
ER -