• DocumentCode
    1304117
  • Title

    Low-power silicon thermo-optic switch with folded waveguide arms and suspended ridge structures

  • Author

    Hashizume, Yasuaki ; Katayose, S. ; Tsuchizawa, Tai ; Watanabe, Toshio ; Itoh, M.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1234
  • Lastpage
    1235
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; extinction coefficients; light polarisation; optical switches; optical waveguides; power consumption; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; MZI; Si; TE polarisation; extinction ratio; folded waveguide arms; low-power silicon thermo-optic switch; power consumption; suspended ridge structures;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2012.1564
  • Filename
    6317257
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1304117