Improvement of switching time in a thermocapillarity optical switch

被引：18

作者：

Sakata, T ^{[1
]}

Togo, H ^{[1
]}

Makihara, M ^{[1
]}

Shimokawa, F ^{[1
]}

Kaneko, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nippon Telegraph & Tel Corp, Telecommun Energy Labs, Kanagawa 2430198, Japan

来源：

JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY | 2001年 / 19卷 / 07期

关键词：

optical switch; thermocapillarity; waveguide;

D O I：

10.1109/50.933298

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The switching time of existing thermocapillarity optical switches is about two orders of magnitude larger than that of other optical switches, such as a thermooptics switch and a free-space switch using microelectromechanical system technology. This paper reports a thermocapillarity switch whose switching time is comparable to that of the thermooptics and free-space switches. The greatly improved switching time is achieved by lowering the absolute viscosity of the refractive-index matching liquid and improving the switch design.

引用

页码：1023 / 1027

页数：5

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