Experimental demonstration of 1×4 InP/InGaAsP optical integrated multimode interference waveguide switch

Author

Niwa, Shintaro ; Matsuo, Shinji ; Kakitsuka, Takaaki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr., Osaka Univ., Suita

fYear

2008

fDate

25-29 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We demonstrate 1times4 InGaAsP/InP optical waveguide multimode interference (MMI) switch. Typical values for output power variation for each output port, crosstalk, extinction ratio, rise time, and fall time of switching were plusmn14 %, -14.47 dB, 23.39 dB, 680 ps and 440 ps, respectively. In addition, we present the demonstration of error-free switching operation.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical crosstalk; optical switches; optical waveguides; InP-InGaAsP; MMI switch; crosstalk; error-free switching operation; integrated multimode interference; optical switch; optical waveguide; Arm; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Interference; Optical crosstalk; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor waveguides; (MMI) coupler; Optical switch; component; multimode interference; semiconductor waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2008. IPRM 2008. 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Versailles

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2258-6

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8669

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2008.4702944

Filename

4702944