TY - GEN
T1 - Ultimate-low-power-consumption, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder thermo-optic switch
AU - Xie, N.
AU - Hashimoto, T.
AU - Utaka, K.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - We demonstrate a compact, ultimate-low-power-consumption, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder 2×2 photonic switch. Our thermo-optic switch operates with less than 4mW of power consumption via a small-area heater, which is, to our best knowledge, the lowest value of its switch type reported to date. The polarization independent switching crosstalk is less than -25dB while the switching rise and fall times obtained are 90μs and 160μs, respectively.
AB - We demonstrate a compact, ultimate-low-power-consumption, polarization-independent, and high-speed polymer Mach-Zehnder 2×2 photonic switch. Our thermo-optic switch operates with less than 4mW of power consumption via a small-area heater, which is, to our best knowledge, the lowest value of its switch type reported to date. The polarization independent switching crosstalk is less than -25dB while the switching rise and fall times obtained are 90μs and 160μs, respectively.
KW - (130.4815) Optical switching devices
KW - (130.5460) Polymer waveguides
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84897057667
SN - 9781557528650
T3 - Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series
BT - 2009 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, OFC 2009
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2009 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, OFC 2009
Y2 - 22 March 2009 through 26 March 2009
ER -