MMI-MZI Polymer Thermo-Optic Switch With a High Refractive Index Contrast

Al-hetar, Abdulaziz M.; Mohammad, Abu Bakar; Supa’at, Abu Sahmah Mohd.; Shamsan, Zaid A.

doi:10.1109/jlt.2010.2098473

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“…Table 1 provides an overview of the respective performance metrics reported for different SOI and polymer-based TO MZI switches. The power consumption × switching time metric is also included in this table, since it has been commonly used for the comparison of TO switching elements in applications where both low energy and fast operation are a prerequisite for high performance [55]. This table verifies the advantages of plasmonic technology: The Si-DLSPP A-MZI switch attains the shorter active region and the smallest power-time product over every type of undoped thermo-optically addressed MZI switch.…”

Section: Switching Performance Metricsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A very good compromise between power consumption and response time is offered by using integrated NiSi waveguide heaters in single driving SOI-based TO switches [58]. Compared to the latter switches, lower power requirements but higher switching times are observed in polymer-based switches [55], [59]. It should be mentioned that TO switches that use the waveguide itself as the resistive heater and exploit differential driving schemes [60] have been excluded from this study to keep the same conditions for comparison.…”

Section: Switching Performance Metricsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics Towards Greener and Faster “Network-on-Chip” Solutions for Data Centers and High-Performance Computing Systems

Papaioannou¹,

Vyrsokinos²,

Kalavrouziotis³

et al. 2012

Plasmonics - Principles and Applications

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Section: Switching Performance Metricsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Switching Performance Metricsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics Towards Greener and Faster “Network-on-Chip” Solutions for Data Centers and High-Performance Computing Systems

Papaioannou¹,

Vyrsokinos²,

Kalavrouziotis³

et al. 2012

Plasmonics - Principles and Applications

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“…Various polymeric thermo-optic switches have been reported including digital optical switches (DOS), Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches, directional coupler switches, multimode interference/vertical coupler switches, and TO total-internal-re°ection switches. [14][15][16] Watanabe et al 17 reported a digital 1 Â 2 TO switch using waveguide silicone resin. The digital TO switches were characterized at 1.55 m. The power consumption and insertion loss of the transmission port were 130 mW and less than 2.5 dB, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fabrication of chromophore molecule-linked azo polymer as waveguide material of polymeric thermo-optic digital optical switch

Jiang¹,

Qiu

et al. 2017

J. Nonlinear Optic. Phys. Mat.

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A chromophore molecule-linked azo polymer as waveguide material (MCAP) of polymeric thermo-optic digital optical switch (DOS) was prepared with a chromophore molecule (ABFA), a polyether polyol and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). The chemical structures of ABFA monomer and azo polymer MCAP were characterized by FT-IR and UV-Visible spectroscopy. The thermal and mechanical properties of the MCAP¯lm were investigated. The refractive index and transmission loss of MCAP¯lm were measured at di®erent temperatures and different laser wavelengths by an attenuated total re°ection (ATR) technique and CCD digital imaging devices. A polymeric thermo-optic DOS based on the thermo-optic e®ect of the MCAP was designed and the performance of the switch was simulated by using the¯nite di®erence beam propagation method (FD-BPM). The experimental results showed that the power consumption of the polymeric thermo-optic switch could be only 0.64 mW, while the response time of the switch could be as short as 3.0 ms.

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“…Compared with the conventional directional coupler, the coupler based on the multimode interference (MMI) structure has many advantages including compact structure, good fabrication tolerance, low optical loss, and polarization insensitivity [1][2][3]. The MMI based coupler can constitute the high speed optical switch [4,5], large extinct ratio modulator [6], high Q waveguide microring filter [7], multi-wavelength laser array [8], and compact optical 90° hybrid for a balanced detection receiver [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal design of 850 nm 2×2 multimode interference polymer waveguide coupler by imprint technique

Shao

Han

et al. 2016

Photonic Sens

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A 2×2 optical waveguide coupler at 850 nm based on the multimode interference (MMI) structure with the polysilsesquioxanes liquid series (PSQ-Ls) polymer material and the imprint technique is presented. The influence of the structural parameters, such as the single mode condition, the waveguide spacing of input/output ports, and the width and length of the multimode waveguide, on the optical splitting performance including the excess loss and the uniformity is simulated by the beam propagation method. By inserting a taper section of isosceles trapezoid between the single mode and multimode waveguides, the optimized structural parameters for low excess loss and high uniformity are obtained with the excess loss of -0.040 dB and the uniformity of -0.007 dB. The effect of the structure deviations induced during the imprint process on the optical splitting performance at different residual layer thicknesses is also investigated. The analysis results provide useful instructions for the waveguide device fabrication.

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MMI-MZI Polymer Thermo-Optic Switch With a High Refractive Index Contrast

Cited by 56 publications

References 24 publications

Merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics Towards Greener and Faster “Network-on-Chip” Solutions for Data Centers and High-Performance Computing Systems

Merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics Towards Greener and Faster “Network-on-Chip” Solutions for Data Centers and High-Performance Computing Systems

Fabrication of chromophore molecule-linked azo polymer as waveguide material of polymeric thermo-optic digital optical switch

Optimal design of 850 nm 2×2 multimode interference polymer waveguide coupler by imprint technique

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