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A novel thermooptic polymer switch based on directional coupler structure

Mohd. Supa'at, Abu Sahmah and Ibrahim, Mohd. Haniff and Mohammad, Abu Bakar and Mohd. Kassim, Norazan and Ghazali, Nurzal Effiyana (2008) A novel thermooptic polymer switch based on directional coupler structure. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 5 (11). pp. 1552-1557. ISSN 1546-9239

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Abstract

A novel thermooptic (TO) polymer switch based on directional coupler structure is proposed for the first time. The key element of the proposed switch is a buried square core polymer waveguides which has been designed for optimum mode matching and coupling with the single mode optical fiber configuration and have large effective index difference by the thermooptic effects. At a wavelength of 1.55 μm with the index contrast of 0.005 between the core and the cladding, the crosstalk of -40 dB and -37 dB for the cross-state and the bar-state of TO switch is demonstrated, respectively. © 2008 Science Publications.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Directional coupler, Optical polymer, Optical waveguide, Thermooptic switch
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Electrical Engineering
ID Code:7362
Deposited By: Norhafizah Hussin
Deposited On:02 Jan 2009 07:47
Last Modified:13 Oct 2010 02:05

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