[16a-PB6-1~5] 3.13 Silicon photonics, Photonics-electronics convergence, Optical control

[16a-PB6-1] Ripple Suppression of 3-stage Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Optical Switch

〇Toshio Watanabe¹, Daichi Ishio¹, Tsutomu Nagayama¹, Seiji Fukushima¹ (1.Kagoshima Univ.)

Keywords:

optical switch,Mach-Zehnder interferometer,optical waveguide

We address an optimal coupling length ratio of directional couplers, which gives ripple-free response in 3-stage Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch.