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Silica-Based MMI-MZI Thermo-Optic Switch with Large Tolerance and Low PDL

  • Hong Jong-Kyun (Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee Sang-Sun (Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2005.05.23
  • Published : 2005.09.01
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Abstract

Silica-based $2\times2$ thermo-optic (TO) switch using the MMI couplers which have a large fabrication tolerance of 110 (${\mu}m$ were fabricated and operated. Important features of the proposed switch are shown to be a polarization dependency loss of 0.1dB, an extinction ratio of 32.7dB, and a power consumption of 202.8mW.

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