Polarization-independent low-crosstalk operation of InAlGaAs-InAlAs mach-zehnder interferometer-type photonic switch with hybrid waveguide structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1118-1120

  Ueda, Yuta ^a   Nakamura, Shinya ^a   Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Yamada, Hiroto ^a   Utaka, Katsuyuki ^a   Shiota, Takashi ^b   Kitatani, Takeshi ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

InAlGaAs InAlAs compound semiconductor; Mach Zehnder (MZ) interferometer photonic switch; Multimode interference (MMI) coupler; Polarization independence

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; ETCHING DEPTH; HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING; HYBRID WAVEGUIDES; INALAS; INALGAAS; INALGAAS-INALAS COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; INPUT LIGHT; MACH-ZEHNDER (MZ) INTERFEROMETER PHOTONIC SWITCH; MMI-COUPLER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) COUPLER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PHOTONIC SWITCH; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; SWITCHING CURRENTS; SWITCHING OPERATIONS; TE AND TM MODES; TRANSITION TIME; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

CROSSTALK; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 68449104163     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2023678     Document Type: Article

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