High Speed Electro-Optic Polymeric Waveguide Devices With Low Switching Voltages and Thermal Drift

Author

Thapliya, Roshan ; Nakamura, Shigenari ; Kikuchi, Takashi

Author_Institution

Corp. Res. Group, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Ebina, Japan

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Experimental investigation of the feasibility of electro-optic (EO) polymeric devices is reported. A 2 × 2 latch-type EO multimode interference switch is shown to operate at 3.8 V with cross-talk 15 dB and switching time 6 ns. By introducing a macrocyclic polyether in the core for ion-trapping, thermal phase-drift of less than 1 radian for both 25°C and 70°C, after 500 hours of continuous operation, is achieved. This level of phase-drift suggests that EO polymers are attractive material platforms for practical photonic devices.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical polymers; optical switches; optical waveguides; electrooptic polymeric waveguide device; ion trapping; latch type electrooptic multimode interference switch; low switching voltage; low thermal drift; macrocyclic polyether; photonic device; temperature 25 C; temperature 70 C; thermal phase drift; time 500 hour; voltage 3.8 V; Electrodes; Electrooptic devices; Electrooptical waveguides; Interference; Low voltage; Optical devices; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Switches; Tellurium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528346

Filename

4528346