TY - JOUR
T1 - Very low-power, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer thermooptic switch
AU - Xie, Nan
AU - Hashimoto, Takafumi
AU - Utaka, Katsuyuki
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - This letter demonstrates the design and experimental verification of a very low-power consuming, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder 2 × 2 photonic switch. This thermooptic switch operated with less than 4 mW of power consumption via a small-area heater. This device is, to the author's best knowledge, the most efficient and practical polymer photonic switch operating with polarization independence and low crosstalk of less than 25 dB.
AB - This letter demonstrates the design and experimental verification of a very low-power consuming, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder 2 × 2 photonic switch. This thermooptic switch operated with less than 4 mW of power consumption via a small-area heater. This device is, to the author's best knowledge, the most efficient and practical polymer photonic switch operating with polarization independence and low crosstalk of less than 25 dB.
KW - Optical phase shifters
KW - Optical polymers
KW - Optical switches
KW - Photonic switching systems
KW - Thermooptic (to) effects
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U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2009.2034131
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2009.2034131
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951547161
SN - 1041-1135
VL - 21
SP - 1861
EP - 1863
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IS - 24
M1 - 5290106
ER -