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Crosstalk improvement of polymer in glass thermo-optical multimode interference switch

Samdin, N. and Yaacob, M. and Ibrahim, Mohd. Haniff and Mohammad, A. B. and Kassim, N. M. (2012) Crosstalk improvement of polymer in glass thermo-optical multimode interference switch. Telkomnika, 10 (2). pp. 371-378. ISSN 2087-278X (Electronic) ; 1693-6930 (Print)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/telkomnika.v10i2.813

Abstract

A new structural design of combined variable optical attenuator (VOA) and optical switch has been proposed in this paper. The design is based on the multimode interference (MMI) architecture and it has been demonstrated for crosstalk improvement of optical switch. The device operates by manipulating thermo-optic (TO) effect that naturally existed in all optical waveguide material. By applying a polymer on glass material platform, the optimized VOA with optical attenuation of 21.52 dB has been achieved with applied power of 36.4 mW. The simulation result shows that the VOA helps to achieve significant improvements of optical switch performance particularly in crosstalk reduction up to 89.66%.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:crosstalk, multimode interference, optical switch, thermo-optic, variable optical attenuator
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Electrical Engineering
ID Code:31663
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:05 Jun 2013 02:48
Last Modified:31 Mar 2019 08:23

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