Abstract
A vinyltriethoxysilane (VTES) based hybrid organic–inorganic sol–gel is synthesized and characterized for its abilities in optoelectronic applications. The resulted hybrid material, which is known as VTT, is fabricated as a thin film structure under controlled environment. The film thickness for various coating speeds and refractive index are measured by the method of prism coupling. Based on the film characterization results, a 2×2 multimode interference photonic switch structure based on thermal controlling effect is proposed. A ridge waveguide of VTT in silica clad is used as a design structure. The switching characteristics due to changes in effective index are analyzed by the two-dimensional finite difference beam propagation method with transparent boundary condition. The proposed structure works well with low crosstalk level of −28dB and low switching power relatively to the structural upper cladding thickness.
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