Improvement of switching time in a thermocapillarity optical switch

Tomomi SAKATA; Hiroyoshi TOGO; Mitsuhiro MAKIHARA; Fusao SHIMOKAWA; Kazumasa KANEKO

doi:10.1364/OFC.2001.WX3

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and International Conference on Quantum Information
2001 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2001),
paper WX3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2001.WX3

Improvement of switching time in a thermocapillarity optical switch

Tomomi SAKATA, Hiroyoshi TOGO, Mitsuhiro MAKIHARA, Fusao SHIMOKAWA, and Kazumasa KANEKO

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2001

Anaheim, California United States
ISBN: 1-55752-654-0

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T. SAKATA, H. TOGO, M. MAKIHARA, F. SHIMOKAWA, and K. KANEKO, "Improvement of switching time in a thermocapillarity optical switch," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and International Conference on Quantum Information, 2001 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2001), paper WX3.

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Abstract

A switching time of 6 ms is achieved in a thermocapillarity switch by lowering the viscosity of the refractive-index-matching oil and improving the switch design. Further improvements would result in sub-ms switching time in this switch.

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