Electrowetting Controlled Non-Volatile Integrated Optical Switch

Sarah Gunther; Sebastian Gropp; Martin Hoffmann; Herbert D'heer; Dries Van Thourhout; Anna Neft; Frank Bartels; Kamil Gradkowski; Lee Carroll; Peter O'brien; Cristina Lerma-Arce; Jan Watte

doi:10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535585

Electrowetting Controlled Non-Volatile Integrated Optical Switch

Sarah Gunther
, Sebastian Gropp
, Martin Hoffmann
, Herbert D'heer
, Dries Van Thourhout
, Anna Neft
, Frank Bartels
, Kamil Gradkowski
, Lee Carroll
, Peter O'brien
, Cristina Lerma-Arce
, Jan Watte

Ilmenau University of Technology
Ruhr University Bochum
Ghent University
Bartels Mikrotechnik GmbH
Commscope Inc.

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538648629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535585
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2018
Event	2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018 - Rome, Italy Duration: 23 Sep 2018 → 27 Sep 2018

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Name	European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
Volume	2018-September

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Conference	2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	23/09/18 → 27/09/18

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Gunther, S., Gropp, S., Hoffmann, M., D'heer, H., Van Thourhout, D., Neft, A., Bartels, F., Gradkowski, K., Carroll, L., O'brien, P., Lerma-Arce, C., & Watte, J. (2018). Electrowetting Controlled Non-Volatile Integrated Optical Switch. In 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018 Article 8535585 (European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC; Vol. 2018-September). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535585

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Electrowetting Controlled Non-Volatile Integrated Optical Switch. / Gunther, Sarah; Gropp, Sebastian; Hoffmann, Martin et al.
2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8535585 (European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC; Vol. 2018-September).

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