Polymeric Waveguide Optical Switch Using Rotary Drive Mechanism
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We propose a polymeric waveguide optical switch using a novel drive mechanism. The switch uses a flexible polymeric waveguide film where trenches are formed at cross-points of the waveguides. Light passes through the trench while it is closed. When the trench opens, light path changes by total internal reflection between the air gap and the polymeric waveguide. Therefore, we can control light paths by changing the trench state between closed and open one. In order to realize this, a rotating arm is inserted near the trench. As rotational force transfers to the trench through the arm and the film, the trench switches from closed to open state and vice versa. We investigated this rotary drive mechanism by three-dimensional (3D) structural analysis, designed the optical switch, and experimentally demonstrated the switching operation.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E91-C No.7 pp.1117-1120
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- 2008/07/01
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- 1745-1353
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- 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.7.1117
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- Special Section PAPER (Joint Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications toward NGN and beyond)
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Toshitsugu UESUGI, Shiho ZAIZEN, Atsushi SUGITATSU, Tatsuo HATTA, "Polymeric Waveguide Optical Switch Using Rotary Drive Mechanism" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E91-C, no. 7, pp. 1117-1120, July 2008, doi: 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.7.1117.
Abstract: We propose a polymeric waveguide optical switch using a novel drive mechanism. The switch uses a flexible polymeric waveguide film where trenches are formed at cross-points of the waveguides. Light passes through the trench while it is closed. When the trench opens, light path changes by total internal reflection between the air gap and the polymeric waveguide. Therefore, we can control light paths by changing the trench state between closed and open one. In order to realize this, a rotating arm is inserted near the trench. As rotational force transfers to the trench through the arm and the film, the trench switches from closed to open state and vice versa. We investigated this rotary drive mechanism by three-dimensional (3D) structural analysis, designed the optical switch, and experimentally demonstrated the switching operation.
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TI - Polymeric Waveguide Optical Switch Using Rotary Drive Mechanism
T2 - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics
SP - 1117
EP - 1120
AU - Toshitsugu UESUGI
AU - Shiho ZAIZEN
AU - Atsushi SUGITATSU
AU - Tatsuo HATTA
PY - 2008
DO - 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.7.1117
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics
SN - 1745-1353
VL - E91-C
IS - 7
JA - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics
Y1 - July 2008
AB - We propose a polymeric waveguide optical switch using a novel drive mechanism. The switch uses a flexible polymeric waveguide film where trenches are formed at cross-points of the waveguides. Light passes through the trench while it is closed. When the trench opens, light path changes by total internal reflection between the air gap and the polymeric waveguide. Therefore, we can control light paths by changing the trench state between closed and open one. In order to realize this, a rotating arm is inserted near the trench. As rotational force transfers to the trench through the arm and the film, the trench switches from closed to open state and vice versa. We investigated this rotary drive mechanism by three-dimensional (3D) structural analysis, designed the optical switch, and experimentally demonstrated the switching operation.
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