A thermal analysis and structure of a ridge single mode waveguide with a metal heater are presented. The steady-state temperature increases linearly and the thermal response becomes slower at the same power consumption, when the under-etched depth in the lower cladding increases. When the upper cladding thickness decreases, the thermal response becomes faster. This shows that a thinner upper cladding and a deeper etching are preferred to achieve a faster thermal response and lower power consumption, respectively. The numerical simulation also shows the power consumption of the present ridge waveguide is almost third of that for conventional one and the response time is half of that of the conventional one.
2. Goebuchi, Y., T. Kato, and Y. Kokubun, "Fast and stable wavelengthselective switch using double-series coupled dielectric microring resonator," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 18, No. 1, 538-540, 2006.
doi:10.1109/LPT.2005.863988
3. Al-hetar, A. M., I. Yulianti, A. S. M. Supa’at, and A. B. Mohammad, "Thermo-optic multimode interference switches with air and silicon trenches," Optics Communications, Vol. 281, 4653-4657, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2008.06.025
4. Chao, F.-L., "Trench structure improvement of thermo-optic waveguides," International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1-5, 2007.
5. Dimeer, M. B. J., "Polymeric thermo-optic space switches for optical communication," Optical Material, Vol. 9, 192-200, 1998.
doi:10.1016/S0925-3467(97)00081-5
6. Jaluria, Y. and K. E. Torrance, Computational Heat Transfer, 2nd Ed., Taylor & Francis, NY, 2003.
7. Jensen, V. G. and G. V. Jeffreys, Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, 2nd Ed., Academic press, NY, 1977.
8. Nishihara, H., M. Haruna, and T. Suhara, "Optical Integrated Circuits," McGraw-Hill, 1989.
9. Al-hetar, A. M., A. S. M. Supa’at, A. B. Mohammad, and I. Yulianti, "Crosstalk improvement of a thermo-optic polymer waveguide MZI-MMI switch," Optics Communications, Vol. 281, 5764-5767, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2008.08.041
Submit
