High Speed Electro-Optic Polymeric Waveguide Devices With Low Switching Voltages and Thermal Drift

Roshan Thapliya; Shigetoshi Nakamura; Takashi Kikuchi

Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper OMJ1

High Speed Electro-Optic Polymeric Waveguide Devices With Low Switching Voltages and Thermal Drift

Roshan Thapliya, Shigetoshi Nakamura, and Takashi Kikuchi

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2008

San Diego, California United States
24–28 February 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-859-9

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R. Thapliya, S. Nakamura, and T. Kikuchi, "High Speed Electro-Optic Polymeric Waveguide Devices With Low Switching Voltages and Thermal Drift," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008), paper OMJ1.

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Abstract

Experimental investigation of the feasibility of electro-optic (EO) polymeric devices is reported. A 2 × 2 latch-type EO multimode interference switch is shown to operate at 3.8 V with cross-talk 15 dB and switching time 6 ns. By introducing a macrocyclic polyether in the core for ion-trapping, thermal phase-drift of less than 1 radian for both 25°C and 70°C, after 500 hours of continuous operation, is achieved. This level of phase-drift suggests that EO polymers are attractive material platforms for practical photonic devices.

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