Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 33, Issue 10, 1016001(2013)

650-nm Wavelength All-Polymer Thermo-Optical Waveguide Switch Based on Organic-Inorganic Grafting Polymethyl Methacrylate Materials

Niu Xiaoyan*, Han Chao, Wang Lei, Zhang Haixin, Jiang Song, Duan Ning, Wang Fei, Chen Changming, and Zhang Daming
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    An novel organic-inorganic grafting polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) material is successfully synthesized. Based on the preferable thermal stability and optical properties, the all-polymer thermo-optic(TO) waveguide switch chip at 650 nm wavelength is designed and fabricated. The chip is designed as embedded waveguide with reversed ridge structure for single-mode propagation of the red signal light. The polymer optical fiber (POF) is used for coupling the 650nm visible light into the chip for testing. The Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) interferometer TO switch on-off time is about 600 μs. The extinction ratio is about 8.2 dB and the applied electric power as the switching power is about 22.6 mW. This device can be widely used in many fields such as high density optical integration system, visible light communication and biochemical sensing technology, etc.

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    Niu Xiaoyan, Han Chao, Wang Lei, Zhang Haixin, Jiang Song, Duan Ning, Wang Fei, Chen Changming, Zhang Daming. 650-nm Wavelength All-Polymer Thermo-Optical Waveguide Switch Based on Organic-Inorganic Grafting Polymethyl Methacrylate Materials[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(10): 1016001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Apr. 10, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2013

    The Author Email: Xiaoyan Niu (743460816@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201333.1016001

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