DocumentCode
2966624
Title
Compact and low power operation polymer MMI photonic switch
Author
Xie, N. ; Hashimoto, T. ; Utaka, K.
Author_Institution
Waseda Univ., Tokyo
fYear
2008
fDate
2-15 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
287
Lastpage
288
Abstract
We present a compact polymer-based photonic switch with low power operation of 9 mW and a low switching crosstalk of -23 dB. Additional designs have shown lower power consumption less than 4 mW and crosstalk less than -40 dB.
Keywords
optical crosstalk; optical polymers; optical switches; thermo-optical effects; compact photonic switch; crosstalk; photonic propagation; photonic switching; polymer; power 9 mW; power consumption; thermo-optic effects; Conducting materials; Crosstalk; Energy consumption; Fabrication; Interference; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Switches; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
Conference_Location
Shonan Village
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2656-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INOW.2008.4634548
Filename
4634548
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