Title :
Design and fabrication of thermo-optic polymer Mach-Zehnder interferometers based on the bottom-heating approach
Author :
Lor, K.P. ; Chiang, K.S. ; Liu, Q. ; Chan, H.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
Abstract :
We present two designs of polymer Mach-Zehnder interferometers to demonstrate the bottom-heating approach for the realization of thermo-optic waveguide devices. The more efficient design requires an electric power of 17 mW for a π-phase shift.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; heating; optical polymers; optical waveguides; thermo-optical devices; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; bottom-heating approach; thermooptic polymer; thermooptic waveguide devices; Electrodes; Heating; Optical attenuators; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
