• DocumentCode
    1033978
  • Title

    High-performance all-optical silicon microswitch

  • Author

    Barrios, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Centre, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7/8/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    862
  • Lastpage
    863
  • Abstract
    An integrated micron-size all-optical Si switch capable of 94.7 GHz operation frequency is presented. The device consists of a microring resonator formed by Si/SiO2 slot-waveguides with a low-index nonlinear optical material in the slot region. Strong optical confinement in the slot permits an achievement of low switching power of 6.2 mW.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optics; microswitches; nonlinear optics; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; silicon; silicon compounds; 6.2 mW; 94.7 GHz; Si-SiO2; Si-SiO2 slot waveguide; integrated micron size all-optical Si switch; microring resonator; nonlinear optical material; optical confinement; refractive index; silicon microswitch; switching power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20045179
  • Filename
    1315494
    • Link To Document
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