Low-power silicon thermo-optic switch with folded waveguide arms and suspended ridge structures
Low-power silicon thermo-optic switch with folded waveguide arms and suspended ridge structures
- Author(s): Y. Hashizume ; S. Katayose ; T. Tsuchizawa ; T. Watanabe ; M. Itoh
- DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.1564
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- Author(s): Y. Hashizume 1 ; S. Katayose 1 ; T. Tsuchizawa 2 ; T. Watanabe 2 ; M. Itoh 1
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Affiliations:
1: NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Atsugi, Japan
2: NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Atsugi, Japan
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Affiliations:
1: NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Atsugi, Japan
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Volume 48, Issue 19,
13 September 2012,
p.
1234 – 1235
DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.1564 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Proposed is a low-power switch with a folded waveguide arms layout and suspended ridge structures. An extremely low power consumption of 0.40 mW / MZI and a high extinction ratio of more than 30 dB for TE polarisation were achieved.
Inspec keywords: Mach-Zehnder interferometers; power consumption; optical waveguides; light polarisation; optical switches; extinction coefficients; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices
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Subjects: Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Optical switches; Optical switches; Optical waveguides and couplers
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