Minimum-stage 4x4 electro-optic polymer switch

Igor G. Voitenko; Josef Giglmayr

doi:10.1117/12.305410

17 April 1998 Minimum-stage 4x4 electro-optic polymer switch

Igor G. Voitenko, Josef Giglmayr

Proceedings Volume 3281, Polymer Photonic Devices; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305410
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Throughout the paper, the concept of the planar 1-D lay-out (one layer) of kXk-switches and the concept of its compact double-layer/multi-layer counterpart will be presented and experimental results analysed for k equals 4. The paper presents the construction and treats of the working principles of switching system that can operate with minimum number of stages. A reduction of the number of stages is obtained due to combination of the electro-optic (EO) polymer films on the isotropic substrate. The optical switches are collected in one optical layer and each layer composes of at most two 2X2- switches simultaneously active. Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film doped with azo dye and para-nitro- aniline/polyvinyl alcohol (p-N-An/PVA) were used for the EO films preparation. Thereby switching is applied horizontally (use one layer only) and vertically (between the two layers). The scheme of such a 4X4-switch in double-layer technique has been presented.

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Igor G. Voitenko and Josef Giglmayr "Minimum-stage 4x4 electro-optic polymer switch", Proc. SPIE 3281, Polymer Photonic Devices, (17 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305410

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