INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY ON TRANSMISSION IN A Y-BRANCH THERMOOPTICAL SWITCH COMPOSED OF DEUTERATED FLUOROMETHACRYLATE POLYMER WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
HIDA Y OOBA N YOSHIMURA R WATANABE T HIKITA M KURIHARA T
Citation
Y. Hida et al., INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY ON TRANSMISSION IN A Y-BRANCH THERMOOPTICAL SWITCH COMPOSED OF DEUTERATED FLUOROMETHACRYLATE POLYMER WAVE-GUIDES, Electronics Letters, 33(7), 1997, pp. 626-627
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
626 - 627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:7<626:IOHOTI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A polymer waveguide Y-branch thermo-optic (TO) switch was fabricated u sing deuterated fluoromethacrylate polymers. The influence of humidity on transmission in the switch was examined at 16, 44 and 80% RH. A tr ansmission of -1.3dB and a crosstalk of <-18dB were obtained al 1.3 mu m at all these humidity levels with a switching power of 130mW.