Switching power improvement of hybrid polymer-silica based MMI thermo-optical switch

• Main Authors: Yaacob, M. M., Ibrahim, M. H., Mohd. Kassim, Norazan, Mohd. Supaat, A. S., Mohammad, A. B.
• Format: Article
• Published: National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics 2009
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/13125/

A new hybrid polymer-silica multimode interference (MMI) switch with single heater electrode is demonstrated. A heater electrode is used to change the refractive index within the different section of the MMI to realize switching operation due to the thermo-optic (TO) effect in polymer-silica optical...