Optical polymer‐based integrated photonic devices are gaining interest for applications in
optical packaging, biosensing, and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR). The low refractive …

Low-loss polymer materials incorporating fluorinated compounds have been utilized for the
investigation of various functional optical devices useful for optical communication and …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are highly suitable materials for the fabrication of flexible
photonic elements due to their ability for directional actuation induced by external stimuli. 3D …

All-optical networking can be the sole approach to provide the huge bandwidth required for
future networks. The essential elements in such an optical network are optical switches. A …

Optical polymers possess in general relatively high thermo-optic coefficients and at the
same time low thermal conductivity, both of which make them attractive material candidates …

A generic multiport optical switch capable of generating all-logic outputs is demonstrated by
altering the mode profiles and propagation characteristics in a multimode waveguide …

Optical polymer materials have many unique features that are unavailable in other inorganic
optical materials. These include large thermo-optic effect with low thermal conductivity, index …

Using a compact (0.03 mm^ 2) silicon-photonic bias-free thermo-optic cross-bar switch, we
demonstrate microsecond-scale switching of twenty wavelength channels of a C-band …

Highly controllable photoelectric switches are urgently demanded in the field of nonlinear
optics. In the present work, high-performance quadratic molecular nonlinear optical (NLO) …

We demonstrate a printable Thermo-Optic (TO) switch utilizing imprinting and ink-jet printing
techniques. The material system, optical and thermal designs are discussed. Imprinting …