• DocumentCode
    1399653
  • Title

    Low crosstalk and low loss 2×2 thermo-optic digital optical switch using silicone resin waveguides

  • Author

    Toyoda, S. ; Ooba, N. ; Katoh, Y. ; Kurihara, T. ; Maruno, T.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10/12/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1803
  • Lastpage
    1804
  • Abstract
    The authors have developed a 2×2 digital optical switch (DOS) composed of four 1×2 DOS elements using silicone resin waveguides. The 2×2 DOS operated with a switching power of 380 mW, a very low crosstalk of less than ×60 dB, and a low insertion loss of less than 2.5 dB at 1.55 μm
  • Keywords
    optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical switches; optical waveguide components; thermo-optical effects; 1×2 digital optical switch elements; 1.55 mum; 2×2 digital optical switch; 2×2 thermo-optic digital optical switch; 2.5 dB; 380 mW; crosstalk; digital optical switch; insertion loss; low crosstalk thermo-optic digital optical switch; low loss thermo-optic digital optical switch; silicone resin waveguides; switching power; thermooptic digital optical switch;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20001255
  • Filename
    878646