• DocumentCode
    159436
  • Title

    Optimized micro-heater structures for tunable silicon multimode interferometers

  • Author

    Rosa, Alberto ; Brimont, Antoine ; Griol, Amadeu ; Sanchis, Pablo

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Lastpage
    92
  • Abstract
    Different micro-heaters structures are analyzed and experimentally demonstrated to optimize the thermo-optic tuning performance of silicon MMIs. A 28dB crosstalk with 65 mW power consumption has been achieved for a double meander structure.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; light interferometers; micro-optics; optical crosstalk; optical tuning; silicon; thermo-optical effects; Si; crosstalk; double meander structure; optimized microheater structures; power 65 mW; power consumption; thermo-optic tuning performance; tunable silicon multimode interferometers; Crosstalk; Electrodes; Heating; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2282-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2014.6962036
  • Filename
    6962036