Design and simulation of 2x2 MMI coupler and thermo-optic switch using sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrid material

• Main Authors: A. Samah, M. Firdaus, Nawabjan, Amirjan, Abdullah, Ahmad Sharmi, Ibrahim, Mohd. Haniff, Mohd. Kassim, Norazan, Mohamad, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Published: American Institute of Physics 2011
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44835/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A new design of Multimode Interference (MMI) thermo-optic switch with improved crosstalk figure is demonstrated in this paper. The device is designed and simulated using BeamProp 3D from Rsoft and 3D BPM CAD softwares. The devices are designed based on sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrid materi...