Study of total internal reflection switch

Hui Yu; Wei Qi; Yubo Li; Yinlei Hao; Xiaoqing Jiang; Minghua Wang; Jianyi Yang

doi:10.1117/12.811137

9 February 2009 Study of total internal reflection switch

Hui Yu, Wei Qi, Yubo Li, Yinlei Hao, Xiaoqing Jiang, Minghua Wang, Jianyi Yang

Proceedings Volume 7158, 2008 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; 71580A (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811137
Event: International Conference of Optical Instrument and Technology, 2008, Beijing, China

Abstract

The optical waveguide switch utilizing the principle of total internal reflection (TIR) is a promising structure since its merits such as compact size, digital response characteristic, insensitivity to wavelength and polarization, and so on. In this paper the TIR switch is studied both in theory and in experiment. At first, we give a comprehensive analysis about reflection mechanism in the TIR switch from the following three issues: the grazing incidence of a narrow beam in the free space, the beam reflection in a bounded space, and the beam expansion induced by the reflection in a two-dimensional gradient field of the refractive index decrease. Then based on the analytical works, we successfully fabricate practical TIR switches by utilizing the thermo-optical effect of polymer and the carrier injection effect of GaAs (both the current injection and the photon injection manners are employed). The testing results show that: the extinction ratio of the thermo-optical TIR switch exceeds 35 dB at an power consumption of 80 mW; for the carrier injection TIR switch utilizing the current injection manner, its operation speed is faster than 20 ns and its operation current is about 70 mA.

Citation Download Citation

Hui Yu, Wei Qi, Yubo Li, Yinlei Hao, Xiaoqing Jiang, Minghua Wang, and Jianyi Yang "Study of total internal reflection switch", Proc. SPIE 7158, 2008 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 71580A (9 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811137

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
13 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Get copyright permission Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace

KEYWORDS

Switches

Waveguides

Refractive index

Electrodes

Switching

Gallium arsenide

Polymers

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years