Digital optical switch based on ‘oversized’ polymer rib waveguides
Digital optical switch based on ‘oversized’ polymer rib waveguides
- Author(s): R. Moosburger ; G. Fischbeck ; C. Kostrzewa ; K. Petermann
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19960380
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- Author(s): R. Moosburger 1 ; G. Fischbeck 1 ; C. Kostrzewa 1 ; K. Petermann 1
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1: Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Affiliations:
1: Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Volume 32, Issue 6,
14 March 1996,
p.
544 – 545
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960380 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The authors report a novel digital optical switch that is based on polymer rib waveguides with large cross-sections. The switches use the highly thermal stable polymer Cyclotene 3022™ (benzocyclobutene) and show insertion losses of < 3 dB at 1.3 µm and an extinction ratio of > 20 dB.
Inspec keywords: optical polymers; integrated optics; optical waveguide components; optical switches; optical losses; thermo-optical effects; rib waveguides
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Subjects: Integrated optics; Optical waveguides and couplers; Optical communication; Optical waveguides; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Optical logic devices and optical computing techniques; Nonlinear optics and devices; Integrated optics; Photonic switching systems; Optical bistability, multistability and switching
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