• DocumentCode
    689115
  • Title

    Polymeric thermo-optic switch with imprinting and print-on-demand technology

  • Author

    Xiaohui Lin ; Tao Ling ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Guo, L. Jay ; Chen, Ray T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate polymer based 2×2 thermo-optic switches using imprinting and print-on-demand techniques. Operation performance shows <;0.5ms switching time at 1kHz. The fabrication process gives great potential for high throughput and low cost fabrication of photonic devices.
  • Keywords
    optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical switches; thermo-optical effects; fabrication process; frequency 1 kHz; high throughput photonic device; imprinting technology; low cost fabrication; operation performance; polymeric thermo-optic switch; print-on-demand technology; switching time; Heating; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Polymers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833497