Electrowetting controlled non-volatile integrated optical switch
Günther, S.; Gropp, S.; Hoffmann, M.; D'heer, H.; van Thourhout, D.; Neft, A.; Bartels, F.; Gradkowski, Kamil; Carroll, Lee; O'Brien, Peter A.; Lerma-arce, C.; Watté, J.
Date:
2018-09
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Citation:
Günther, S., Gropp, S., Hoffmann, M., D’heer, H., v. Thourhout, D., Neft, A., Bartels, F., Gradkowski, K., Carroll, L., O’Brien, P., Lerma-arce, C. and Watté, J. (2018) 'Electrowetting Controlled Non-Volatile Integrated Optical Switch', 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Rome, Italy, 23-27 Sept. 2018, (3 pp). doi: 10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535585
Abstract:
We present the proof of concept of the first non-volatile bistable fiber optic switch combining integrated optics and electrowetting-actuated microfluidics. Design and realization of both EWOD and photonic layer are presented and successful switching of a 2×4 network is demonstrated.
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