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
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