Thermooptic switches using fluorinated polyimide waveguides

Autor: Junva Kobavashi, Tohru Maruno, Yasuhiro Hida, Tohru Matsuura, Shigekuni Sasaki
Rok vydání: 1997
Zdroj: Organic Thin Films for Photonics Applications.
DOI: 10.1364/otfa.1997.fa.4
Popis: Thermooptic (TO) switches using polymer optical waveguides have attracted much attention because the TO effect of polymers is ten times that of silica. Therefore, using polymers instead of silica [1-2] significantly reduces the required switching power. Moreover, fabricating polymer optical waveguides is easier than fabricating silica-based ones, so large optical devices can be made more easily.
Databáze: OpenAIRE